‘Drunk’ MMDA enforcer hits EDSA bus Passengers

MANILA, Philippines — A motorcycle-riding traffic enforcer of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) hit commuters getting off a bus along the EDSA Carousel in Cubao, Quezon City on Sunday.

Believed to be drunk, the MMDA enforcer, who was in uniform and equipped with a two-way radio, struck two passengers who alighted from a bus on the southbound lane of the EDSA Carousel, according to a report of the Special Action and Intelligence Committee for Transportation (SAICT).

The passengers suffered minor injuries, the report said.

The traffic enforcer was speeding along the EDSA busway when he rammed the commuters, according to SAICT.

Video footage uploaded by the MMDA on its Facebook page showed the enforcer was apparently drunk as he could not get on his motorcycle following the accident.

A bus driver, who recorded the video, sought help from officers of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) assigned at the bus stop and apprehended the traffic enforcer.

The MMDA personnel did not yield his driver’s license to the PCG officers and told them to stop picking on him, saying he was also a law enforcer, according to SAICT.

The MMDA has yet to identify the traffic enforcer.

Acting MMDA Chairman Romando Artes said he has ordered an investigation into the incident.

“He might be terminated if he is a job order employee,” Artes said.