From 3-way fight, road rage case ends in handshakes

MANILA, Philippines—The July 25 road rage incident in Quezon City that had netizens fuming ended in handshakes.

The opposing parties—taxi driver Glen Remetio and cousins Karlvin Ang and Bill Emerson Tan-Ang—agreed to settle the matter on Friday afternoon and withdraw the complaints filed earlier this week, according to Senior Insp. Virgilio Carodan of the Quezon City Police District’s Cubao station.

“We were informed that they were going to meet at the (Quezon City) Hall of Justice. When we arrived, the three were already shaking hands,” Carodan told the Inquirer.

Carodan said Emerson and Remetio apologized to each other for the traffic altercation, while Remetio also said sorry to Karlvin for dragging his name into the issue after he mistakenly identified him as the gun-toting man in the incident.

But before reaching a happy ending, the case had already deteriorated into a three-cornered fight.

Remetio, who first filed complaints against Karlvin for supposedly pointing a gun at him in a traffic altercation, was also sued by Emerson because he pulled a knife during the confrontation on Edsa-Santolan flyover. Emerson’s lawyer earlier maintained that Remetio sued the wrong man.

Emerson filed a complaint for frustrated murder Thursday against Remetio in the Quezon City prosecutor’s office, a day after Remetio and the police filed charges for physical injuries, malicious mischief and grave threats against Karlvin.

The July 25 incident was caught on amateur video that had since gone viral. The video, taken by a bus passenger using a camera phone, showed a man in a blue shirt and denim pants getting off a Mercedes Benz along with an older man, and arguing with Remetio while the latter was in his cab.

Remetio was then seen pointing a knife at the man in blue, who prevented him from getting off the cab by repeatedly kicking the door. When Remetio finally managed to get out, the man took a gun out of a bag and pointed it at the taxi driver.

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