By Ronron
April 22, 2005
One person died, two others are missing and 11 were rescued after a motorized banca capsized Thursday dawn off the waters of Mindoro Occidental due to bad weather.
According to the Philippine Coast Guard, M/B San Apolinar was carrying six crewmen and eight passengers from Looc town bound for Mamburao, both in Mindoro Occidental, when the accident happened.
The vessel, with 14.25 gross tonnage, was also loaded with 30 sacks of salt and two sacks of dried squid. It left the port of Looc at around 12:30 am that day.
Upon reaching six nautical miles northwest of Calavite Point, also in Mindoro Occidental, the boat encountered big waves and strong current, causing it capsize at past 2am.
Responding personnel from the Coast Guard Detachment of Tilik under Coast Guard Station San Jose in the same province rescued seven persons at around 4:40pm that day.
Another passing vehicle rescued four others.
They also retrieved one dead passenger, identified as Buena Zapata, 42.
Two persons, by the name of Rona Zapata, 10, and Andrea dela Fuente, remain missing as of this writing./DMS
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