LRT-1 operations resume after alleged suicide incident | Inquirer News

LRT-1 operations resume after alleged suicide incident

/ 10:25 AM August 30, 2012

MANILA, Philippines—Operations of Light Rail Transit 1 (LRT) have resumed after an alleged suicide incident shortly before dawn Thursday, a spokesman for the LRT Authority said.

In a Twitter post, lawyer Hernando Cabrera  said the train services in the entire stretch of LRT1 were restored after its operations were hampered when a woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the tracks of the trains and was hit by an incoming train.

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Cabrera said security cameras in the area showed that “the woman jumped into the tracks right after the platform guard walked by her.”

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The still unidentified woman was estimated to be around 50 to 60 years old and was wearing what appeared to be a hospital patient gown and jogging pants.

The incident took place at the EDSA station around 5:50 a.m., and the victim was taken out of the area some three hours after.

Trips were affected since then and trains operated only from Vito Cruz to Roosevely, and back.

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TAGS: LRT, Suicide, trains, Women

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