{"id":215321,"date":"2019-05-21T22:54:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T02:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=215321"},"modified":"2019-05-21T22:54:08","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T02:54:08","slug":"dotr-to-sue-persons-behind-lrt-2-train-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/05\/21\/dotr-to-sue-persons-behind-lrt-2-train-collision\/","title":{"rendered":"DOTr to sue persons behind LRT-2 train collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_97259\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97259\" style=\"width: 602px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15590199_1279857215406895_1955757145427693176_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97259\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15590199_1279857215406895_1955757145427693176_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15590199_1279857215406895_1955757145427693176_n.jpg 602w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15590199_1279857215406895_1955757145427693176_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15590199_1279857215406895_1955757145427693176_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15590199_1279857215406895_1955757145427693176_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15590199_1279857215406895_1955757145427693176_n-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15590199_1279857215406895_1955757145427693176_n-20x20.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-97259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The incident resulted in the suspension of LRT-2 operations on Sunday morning as the trains involved in the collision were removed from the tracks. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialLRTA\/photos\/a.421747717884520.94199.421747624551196\/1279857215406895\/?type=1&amp;amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialLRTA\/\">Light Rail Transit Authority &#8211; LRT2\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Charges await individuals who will be found responsible for the collision of two trains between the Anonas and Cubao stations of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>This as an investigation is currently conducted by the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) on the circumstances behind the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to know what really happened and tell to me directly: Is this an accident? Is this a freak accident? If so, say it and why? Was there negligence? If so, tell me so that I can run after those who committed. We will prosecute them,\u201d said Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade in a press briefing on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>LRTA Administrator Reynaldo Berroya ordered the creation of a fact-finding committee that will determine the cause of the train collision that left 30 passengers and four LRT-2 personnel injured.<\/p>\n<p>The DOTr and the LRTA assured that it would shoulder the medical expenses of the persons injured and provide them assistance.<\/p>\n<p>The DOTr said a train parked at an inclined position on a pocket track near Anonas Station suddenly went down and ran through the eastbound track going to Cubao which eventually collided with a moving train from Cubao with passengers on board.<\/p>\n<p>The incident resulted in the suspension of LRT-2 operations on Sunday morning as the trains involved in the collision were removed from the tracks.<\/p>\n<p>The railway system resumed full operations at 12:13 p.m. on the same day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Charges await individuals who will be found responsible for the collision of two trains between the Anonas and Cubao &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":97259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-aerol-john-patena","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215321"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215323,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215321\/revisions\/215323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}