Man killed by bus he threw stone at on EDSA

A man died after being hit by an EDSA carousel bus in Quezon City.

It was past 8 a.m. Thursday morning when the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority reported the incident in the northbound lane of the EDSA Carousel bus.

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According to Junnel Ibanez, a soft drinks vendor at the corner of EDSA and White Plains Avenue in Quezon City, he only knew the man by face. He said he was sleeping on the sidewalk of a private subdivision in the area.

The man allegedly approached them this morning with a rock and looking for rugby or solvent. They allegedly ignored the man, so he left.

They just saw that he had been hit in the lane of the EDSA carousel bus.

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According to Bong Nebrija of MMDA Traffic operations, the man was in the bus lane and tried to throw a stone at the oncoming bus.

The man’s head hit the windshield of the bus and the rock he was holding. His head was bloody from hitting the windshield.

Man killed by bus he threw stone at on EDSA

The windshield cracked. The bus driver was taken to the Quezon City Police District Traffic Bureau for investigation.

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The man’s body was taken to the funeral home, and waited for a relative to come to retrieve his remains.

Many netizens sympathized with the bus driver by saying the accident was not his fault.

“Kawawa naman si mamang driver. Siya pa rin ang mananagot. Dapat ‘yung magulang na lang ng bata ang kasuhan, bakit nila pinapabayaan ang anak nila na gumawa ng ‘di magandang gawain (I feel sorry for the driver as he has to take responsibility for what happened. It should be the parents of the victim who should be charged. Why are they letting their child do bad things?),” Shelly Ann Melegrito Bautista said.

It was said that MMDA really has a problem with people living on the sidewalks and under flyovers along EDSA. No matter how many times they are rescued and taken to the occupied local government, they still return to the streets.

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