1 dead, 2 hurt as train hits tricycle in Laguna

[Bin Diesel]

1 dead, 2 hurt as train hits tricycle in Laguna | Inquirer News

CAMP PACIANO RIZAL, Philippines — A tricycle driver was killed and two of his four passengers injured when their vehicle was sideswiped by a Philippine National Railways train at a railroad crossing in Cabuyao, Laguna, early Thursday morning.

Superintendent Arnel Gongona, Cabuyao police chief, said in a telephone interview that the Manila-bound train hit the driver’s side of the tricycle driven by Raul Ricamora as it was about to cross the railroad at around 5:30 a.m. in Barangay (village) Uno.

The tricycle was thrown ten meters off the tracks, the police said.

Ricamora died on the spot due to fractures and a head injury, while his passengers in the tricycle’s sidecar, Elena Quijano and June Hernandez, sustained bruises and abrasions and were rushed to the St. James Hospital in Cabuyao.

According to witnesses, there were two other male passengers seated on the tricycle’s back ride but were able to save themselves after jumping off the tricycle seconds before the impact, the police said.

Quijano and Hernandez, when interviewed by police, said they did not notice the approaching train.

“But that seemed impossible for the driver because you would have heard a forthcoming train from a hundred meters,” Gongona said.

He said the train did not stop after the collision. The police were coordinating with the PNR to identify the driver of the train, who is facing charges of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide.

Gusto ng mga pulis na umiwas ang tren para di mabangga yung tricycle.

[greenlyt]

1 dead, 2 hurt as train hits tricycle in Laguna | Inquirer News



Gusto ng mga pulis na umiwas ang tren para di mabangga yung tricycle.

stupid! just plain stupid
mga pulis talaga!

[jansky]

duh... even in sudden break.. hindi agad hihinto ung tren..

More fun in the Philippines eh

[ghosthunter]

WTF? The police charging the train driver? Everyone knows that a multi-ton train will not stop on a dime even if you pull all the brakes on it. The tricycle had no place to be on the tracks of the train. The only one at fault here is the tricycle driver.

Darwin award.

[chua_riwap]

onli in the pilipins!

may sala pa yung train driver?
baka di bumusina........

mga pulis patola!

[yapoy86]

i hate those dumb policemen... they are totally useless....

[Monseratto]

Welcome to the Philippines, where stupidity is a way of life...

[Bin Diesel]

The cops thinks because the train driver/operator did not stop after the collision he is at fault and is trying to escape.
Even in the movies cops aren't this dumb. The truth really is stranger or in this case dumber than fiction.

[robot.sonic]

May isa na namang kumagat sa alikabok! Yeah!

Tanga. Tanga. Tanga. May isa na naman, may isa na naman, may isa na namang kumagat sa alikabok! Yeah!

- Michael V.

[weisshorn]

He said the train did not stop after the collision. The police were coordinating with the PNR to identify the driver of the train, who is facing charges of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide.

WTF. Only in the Philippines. Reckless imprudence ang driver?? Alam naman ng lahat na ang railway ay exclusive lang sa train. Bakit nakatawid ang tricyle?? Hindi naka baba ang harang na "boom". Saan/walang bantay sa crossing?? Ito dapat ang unang inalam ng mga pulis

[KIANTOT]

Siguro iniisip ng mga pulis na wala sigurong license yung operator/driver ng tren kaya hindi huminto, kaya pwede nila kasuhan

"row 4" sa klase yung mga imbestigador na pulis diyan

[yapoy86]

WTF. Only in the Philippines. Reckless imprudence ang driver?? Alam naman ng lahat na ang railway ay exclusive lang sa train. Bakit nakatawid ang tricyle?? Hindi naka baba ang harang na "boom". Saan/walang bantay sa crossing?? Ito dapat ang unang inalam ng mga pulis

well tanga nga eh... ano pa ba ang aasahan mo dyan.. yung train engineer malamang hindi din naramdaman na sumabit yung tren sa tricycle... kahit walang boom yan or harang dapat stop look and listen ka pa din bago tumawid... tanga din kasi yung tricycle eh.. buti nga at makabawas sya sa daan

[gearhead000]

Sadly, hindi lang yan dyan sa train. Di ba sa highway din, pag ang isang driver na nasa right of way eh nakasagasa/ nakabangga ng tatanga-tangang pedestrian, e.g. nasagasaan habang tumatawid ng EDSA or C5, kalaboso pa rin yung driver. Katulad kahapon, muntik ko na mabangga mga estudyante yata yun na biglang tumawid sa may bandang ibaba ng pedestrian overpass (can't remember kung UP or sa may Ateneo). In case na nahagip ko sila... malamang himas selda ako. At kung nagkataon walang pera yung "biktima", hihingan ka pa ng mga kamag-anak ng paospital, palibing, pangnegosyo at pangmatrikula ng mga anak.

[CVT]

Kaya nga track ng train,- kanya ang daan na iyan....

Anyone who goes near or crosses that track is answerable for any eventuality.... :twak:
15.2K:froggy:

[gearhead000]

Nasa news na yung banggaan. Abangan sa Tee Veeeey..................... Patrowwwwwwl!

[galant E SS]

tsk! tsk! mga tricycle drivers talaga. basta matuto lang mag-drive ng tricy, pamasada agad. kawawa naman yong passengers. but what is funny is the reaction of the police officer to file a case for reckless imprudence against the train driver. nasa wrong lane siguro yong train nong nangyari ang incident, at di nakapag-break nong tumawid ang tricy.

[shredingman123]

Nagulat pa kayo, eh pag nabangga ka nga ng motor kahit naka-stop ka lang at na-dedo yung rider may kaso ka pa din eh, haay pilipinas

[simplicity]

alam mo naman sa pinas, kung sino ang bumangga sya ang may sala.. KAHIT right of way pa ng tren..
at least nabawasan ng tanga sa mundo (the tricycle driver).

sana sumunod na yung mga pulis na yun.. hahaha..

[jave]

Nagulat pa kayo, eh pag nabangga ka nga ng motor kahit naka-stop ka lang at na-dedo yung rider may kaso ka pa din eh, haay pilipinas

See, this is the kind of things that need to be given attention by legislators. This country needs more laws that protect ordinary people against imbeciles.

[shadow]

formality Lang yan pag file ng case, pag dating sa fiscal dismiss agad yan