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MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga — A man died after falling into a flooded, open drainage canal along the Fil-Am Friendship Highway in Barangay Cutcut, Angeles City, on Aug. 28.

Closed-circuit television footage circulating on social media showed the man, identified by the Angeles City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (ACDRRMO) as Reiner Novero, walking along the highway sidewalk while carrying an umbrella at 2:04 p.m.

He fell into the open drainage canal and was swept away by the strong current.

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