{"id":21264,"date":"2026-09-06T23:55:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=21264"},"modified":"2026-09-06T23:55:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:55:42","slug":"2-brothers-found-dead-after-delivery-truck-falls-into-flooded-rice-field-in-pampanga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/09\/06\/2-brothers-found-dead-after-delivery-truck-falls-into-flooded-rice-field-in-pampanga\/","title":{"rendered":"2 BROTHERS FOUND DEAD AFTER DELIVERY TRUCK FALLS INTO FLOODED RICE FIELD IN PAMPANGA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>APALIT, Pampanga &#8212; Two brothers were found dead in a flooded rice field in Bgy. Cansinala, Apalit, Pampanga, two days after the delivery truck they were riding reportedly plunged into the area amid heavy rains and strong floodwater currents.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a report to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director Brig. Gen. Jess Mendez, the fatalities were identified as driver Rene Paloma Llena, 30, and his brother Remond Paloma Llena, 22, who served as passenger\/helper.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The incident was reported to the Apalit Municipal Police Station on September 4 after patrolling police officers received information that two individuals were seen floating in a rice field along the Bypass Road.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police immediately coordinated with the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of Apalit, and responders, together with personnel from the Philippine Coast Guard, proceeded to the area and conducted a retrieval operation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The two bodies were subsequently recovered from the flooded area.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Further investigation showed that the victims had been traveling aboard a green Isuzu Forward truck with a PTG refrigerated van carrying 36 assorted motorcycle units from Calamba, Laguna to the company&#8217;s warehouse in San Simon, Pampanga.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Based on the report recorded in the Bgy. Cansinala blotter, a company liaison\/admin\/HR officer reported that on September 2, the truck accidentally fell along the Bypass Road in Bgy. Cansinala.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The vehicle, operated by Star Eight Express Transport Services, was reportedly being driven by Rene, with his brother Remond serving as helper.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police said the truck encountered heavy rainfall and a strong current of floodwater, causing it to plunge into the flooded area.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Montejo later positively identified the recovered bodies as those of the two brothers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police are continuing to document the incident and determine the circumstances surrounding the accident.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY KEVIN GALANG &nbsp; APALIT, Pampanga &mdash; Two brothers were found dead in a flooded rice field in Bgy. Cansinala, Apalit, Pampanga, two days after<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/brothers.jpg",472,263,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/brothers-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/brothers-300x167.jpg",300,167,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/brothers.jpg",472,263,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/brothers.jpg",472,263,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/brothers.jpg",472,263,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/brothers.jpg",472,263,false],"kreeti-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/brothers.jpg",472,263,false],"kreeti-featured":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/brothers.jpg",472,263,false],"kreeti-medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/brothers.jpg",472,263,false],"kreeti-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/brothers-350x263.jpg",350,263,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/category\/provincial\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Provincial<\/a>","tag_info":"Provincial","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21266,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21264\/revisions\/21266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}