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Man jumps off LRT 1 track

Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo

A MAN jumped off the tracks of Light Rail Transit-Line 1 (LRT 1) early morning Wednesday, August 17, 2022.

The Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) said the incident happened around 4:40 a.m. on the northbound side of the Monumento station.

"Security teams immediately responded to the incident," the LRMC said.

"Upon seeing that the male passenger was conscious, the LRMC team, together with the Caloocan local government unit, pulled out the passenger from the tracks and brought him to the nearby Caloocan Hospital for medical examination and treatment," it added.

The LRT 1 operations were temporarily halted, but went back to normal at 5:59 a.m. (SunStar Philippines)

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