PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Nov. 9, 2013) – An amputee died after falling from the second floor of his house in Pagadian City in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga Sibugay, police said.
It said Robinson Ampoco, 48, who worked as a utility man for the City Engineer’s Office, died instantly from the fall after suffering head and body injuries. Police said Ampoco was fixing his clothes at the second floor of his house at Purok Sili Dos in the village of Danlugan when he fell on the ground floor.
Police did not say if the victim was alone in the house or not, but authorities have sought the City Health Office to conduct a post-mortem examination on the body of Ampoco.
No other details were made available either by the police of Ampoco’s family about his death. (Mindanao Examiner)
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