Tragic Field Trip in Bulacan

Tragic field trip meant to exempt Bulacan students from final exams.

 

The Bulacan State University students that participated in the field trip that turned tragic on Tuesday were told that they would be exempted from their final examinations if things went well during the excursion, one of the survivors has said.

However, no teacher was with the group of students who were washed away by a sudden flash flood when they were crossing Madlum River in San Miguel, Bulacan that fateful day.  Seven students were killed. 

 

Meanwhile, the Commission on Higher Education earlier said the Bulacan State University may have been careless in following procedures when conducting a field trip. It said the school failed to submit the proper paperwork, which includes a risk assessment of the educational trip.

 

Last photos of students who died in Bulacan Field Trip tragedy.

 

Before the untimely death of seven students who joined a tragic field trip facilitated by the Bulacan State University, photos of the incident were taken by some of those who were part of the school activity.

 

According to reports, nine of the students were crossing the Madlum river when raging waters from Mt. Manalmon four to five feet high suddenly swept them away.

 

The raging water drowned seven students identified as Mikhail Alcantara, Phil Rodney Alejo, Michelle Ann Rose Bonzo, Helena Marcelo, Jenette Rivera , Madel Navarro and Maiko Bartolome, all first year BSU students at the state university. Bartolome, a former member of EB Babe was earlier declared missing but her body was finally found on Thursday morning beneath logs on the riverbank. Luckily two of the students, identified as Daniel Cunanan and Thea Hernandez, survived the flash flood.The victims were reportedly among those who went to the Madlum Cave in Barangay Sibul around 2 pm. of August 19.

 

Due to the tragedy, the local government has temporarily closed the area to avoid a repeat of a similar incident.