Is there a need to prove speed above posted limit? Is there a need to verify vision of driver to see if he saw the pedestrian and the pedestrian crosswalk road marking. Is there a need to check his nervous system why he did not feel the impact and proceeded to leave the scene of an accident? Or is there a need to reevaluate the traffic laws and reevaluate how they are enforced?
More info including plate numbers and names here: Alleged pregnant Thai national hit by speeding SUV in Taguig | Inquirer News
I hope our legal/judicial system puts this driver behind bars.
More intersection cameras too.
I hope the lady is fine.
Hindi pala hit and run.
A female Thai national, who was reportedly pregnant, was hit by a speeding SUV as she was crossing a busy intersection at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City before noon Tuesday, police said.
Photos of injured Jecinta Coote, a BGC resident, had spread on social media after a black Toyota Fortuner bearing a plate number of AAL 6646 run over the 34-year-old victim. The incident happened around 11:15 a.m. on the corner of 30th Street and 2nd Avenue.
Before the SUV driver, who was identified as Rolando Manese, a resident of Paco, Manila, struck the pedestrian, he hit another Toyota Fortuner, which bore an NMI 615 plate, driven by Anne Alison Soriano.
Contrary to reports, Senior Superintendent Arthur Felix Asis, Taguig City Police chief, said in a phone interview with INQUIRER.net on Wednesday, the incident was not a hit-and-run case.
Asis said the SUV driver stayed on the scene after the accident and negotiated with the victims.
According to a Top Gear report, witnesses on the scene said Coote was pregnant.
“Right now the victim’s husband is talking with the traffic investigator at the Taguig Traffic Enforcement Unit to discuss the complaints he would file against the driver,” Asis said.
Taguig rescue personnel brought Coote to St. Luke’s Medical Center Global City for treatment. Asis said the victim is still being treated in the hospital. CC
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News like this make me cringe... Ano ba mapapala mo mag speeding sa hindi hiway?
hmm, the article says the driver stayed on the scene and negotiated with the victims...yet the only people i see near the lady was that traffic enforcer, the foreign lady, and the older lady. Kaya akala ko nung una hit and run.
Maganda nga siguro to check the cctv and determine what speed he was going. It takes a lot of force to flip an SUV..
Last edited by badkuk; May 13th, 2015 at 06:07 PM.
There will always be drivers like this one. Perhaps the pedestrian crosswalks could use speed bumps.
Mukhang kasalanan ng 2 SUV at na hagip lang yung pedestrian sa banggan. Sana makulong yung 2 driver, di lang mawalan ng lisensya.
The woman living in a BGC condo driving the black Fort that T-boned the other hapless fort doesn't evoke the image of a ignorant probinsyana...:P
Anne Alison Soriano, 35, a resident of the Forbeswood Parklane condominium, the BGC
Last edited by Monseratto; May 14th, 2015 at 10:32 AM.