TV reporter, 5 others hurt in smashup
Traffic enforcers and police officers secure the scene of a collision involving five cars and a motorcycle along the Shaw Boulevard underpass yesterday. Image posted on Facebook by MMDA operations supervisor Edison Nebrija.
MANILA, Philippines — Television reporter Doris Bigornia was injured along with her crew and four others in a collision involving several vehicles along the Shaw Boulevard underpass in Mandaluyong City yesterday afternoon.
Edison Nebrija, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) operations supervisor, said Bigornia suffered lacerations on her forehead. Her cameraman, Marco Polo Gutierrez, also sustained injuries.
He said Bigornia was following the MMDA vehicle to an operation in Cubao, Quezon City when the incident occurred at around 1:45 p.m.
A southbound Montero Sport (PQS-314) developed “sudden unintended acceleration” and hit a red Toyota Vios, which in turn hit another Montero, Nebrija said.
The second Montero crossed the center island and turned over as it hit Bigornia’s service vehicle. The service vehicle hit a Mitsubishi Mirage and a motorcycle.
The other persons injured in the mishap are the motorcycle rider, the Vios’ driver and passenger and the passenger of the second Montero, Nebrija said.
Nebrija said the collision prompted authorities to close both lanes in the underpass, causing traffic to slow down from Shaw to Kamuning in Quezon City and Ayala Avenue in Makati City.
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