Denis Santos
- Woman loses arm in MRT station
- Woman falls down to train tracks and dismembers arm
Who would have thought that in a seemingly ordinary day, a woman will lose her arm in a blink of an eye?
MRT 3 incident
The news first made waves after Celia Eya Castillo posted a heartbreaking photo captioned,
“Please help pray for the woman who lost her right arm sa MRT Ayala Station, just now. Still shaky while typing this. I was surprised na may babae sa riles trying to go up. Nakakalungkot MRT personnel are not at all equipped to help people when there is an emergency. Good thing one woman was courageous enough to tend to her. She was asking for a cloth to use to her. I gave my cardigan. She tied it on her upper arm to hopefully stop the bleeding. And I had to tell the guards, please get a medic, call an ambulance. Lahat natataranta. No staff had the courage to take the arm from the riles. Please MRT management equip your people for this kind of situation. Mas inuna pa ng iba magpicture sa tao at sa kamay nya na nasa riles pa. Sana naman wag nyo i-post yan sa social media!
Fellow MRT passengers, please pag magsasara na ang pinto mg tren wag na po tayo humabol. And keep a safe distance from the moving train or the rail.”
Report verifies
On the other hand, MRT 3 security office confirmed the news in a report and identified the woman as Angeline Fernando, 24, a resident of Pasay City.
Transportation Undersecretary Cesar Chavez narrated that Fernando fell on the tracks and got caught in the train’s coupler that linked a train car to another.
The woman was brought to Makati Medical Center, but the guards were not that quick to respond. Chavez ordered to make the CCTV footage be available for the police’s investigation.
Investigation is still ongoing and findings are soon to be made public. “Pinaiimbestigahan din natin bagamat kokonti lang ang pasahero, ano ‘yung mga pagkukulang dito,” Chavez promised.
