Two female students drowned in a river at Barangay Orong in Negros Occidental’s Kabankalan City over the weekend.

Kabankalan police chief, Lt. Colonel John Joel Batusbatusan said the victims, both aged 10, attended a family day at the covered court.

The students and their parents left the area onboard a rented cargo truck after the activity.

However, Batusbatusan said the victims dropped by the river instead of going home.

They were brought to a hospital but declared dead on arrival./WDJ