PASAY CITY, Philippines - A number of people injured at least 34 people after a MRT train had gone out of control this afternoon Wednesday, August 13 in Taft Avenue Station.
According to LRTA Spokesman Atty. Hernando Cabrera, the defective train was disengaged from the coupling and slammed into the steel barrier.
“Ang problema nang tinutulak na niya, in the process, kumalas ang coupling yung pagdugtong nilang dalawa. So umusad na yung isang tinutulak na tren. Yung tinutulak niyang tren na may lamang pasahero, kumalas. So lumakad na siyang magisa parang nag-freewheeling siya hanggang sa tumama na siya sa dulo ng Taft Station,” anang tagapagsalita ng LRTA.
Latest media reports say 21 injured commuters were rushed to the Pasay City General Hospital, 10 to the San Juan de Dios Hospital, and 3 to the Adventist Medical Center.
Several were wounded while three passengers reportedly suffered leg fractures during the MRT crash in Pasay.
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