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Passenger drowned after jumping over board
A 40-year-old passenger died after he leapt off the 'Virgen de Peñafrancia XVI', enroute from Lucena City in Quezon to the Port of Balanacan in the town of Mogpog in Marinduque on the evening of Nov 8, 2026, at 5.23 p.m. Passengers and crew alerted authorities after seeing the man jump into the sea, prompting an immediate rescue operation. THe Seaman First Class Galicia, the onboard Coast Guard sea marshal, spotted the passenger in the water, but rough conditions prevented the vessel from safely approaching the man, a resident of Barangay San Rafael, Burdeos town in Quezon. Galicia pulled the passenger from the water at around 5:37 p.m. Coast Guard personnel from Coast Guard Station Marinduque and Bureau of Fire Protection responders immediately performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and provided emergency medical assistance while the vessel proceeded to port. The Coast Guard Sub-Station in Mogpog also coordinated with the municipal disaster risk reduction and management office to prepare an ambulance and medical team at the dock. The vessel arrived at the Port of Balanacan at around 7:25 p.m. The passenger was transferred to an ambulance and brought to the Marinduque Provincial Hospital, where an attending physician declared him dead at around 7:48 p.m. due to asphyxia by drowning. A review of the Coast Guard and vessel master’s closed-circuit television footage reportedly confirmed that the passenger intentionally climbed over the portside guardrails. The Coast Guard Station Marinduque coordinated with the Coast Guard Station Northern Quezon to notify the victim’s immediate family and assist with necessary arrangements. Report with photo: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2338474/passenger-dies-after-jumping-overboard-from-marinduque-bound-ferry
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