2 LRT trains collide, no injuries

MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) Two empty trains of the Light Rail Transit collided Friday following a mechanism failure on the track that caused the derailment of one of the trains, according to a report on Radyo Inquirer.

In a live interview, Attorney Hernando Cabrera of the LRT Management, said the accident occurred at the Roosevelt Station, its last terminal near SM North Edsa.

Cabrera cited a “technical problem” with the switch track that resulted in the collision and the derailment of a wheel of one of the trains.

Meanwhile, Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Fernando Tolentino said that a taxi below the station was hit by steel debris that fell from the tracks following the accident.

Tolentino said the driver of the taxi with plate number TXA-446 was not injured. (report from Dennis Maliwanag and Karen Boncocan, Inquirer.net / DZIQ-Radyo Inquirer)