One person died and five others were injured after being hit by a sports utility vehicle (SUV) that went wayward at Barangay Guadalupe Nuevo in Makati City.
According to a report by Jonathan Andal on “24 Oras,” the fatality was a single mother of six children.
The SUV driver was found to be a 60-year-old security guard, whom police suspect was inexperienced in handling vehicles with automatic transmission.
CCTV footage from the Makati Police Station showed the victim walking along a busy street headed home when the speeding SUV hit her, throwing her on its hood. Several other people were seen sideswiped by the vehicle before it stopped after banging against a steel railing.
The owner of the SUV identified as Bryan Dominic Guzman Jayamaha, immediately went out of the establishment to secure her mother who was sitting at the back of the car.
He said the security guard drove the vehicle to transfer it to another parking slot as the establishment owner did not want cars obstructing the street.
“So nag-ask siya sa mother ko kung iuurong niya yung sasakyan. Sabi ng mother ko, ‘huwag, antayin mo yung anak ko or tawagin mo yung anak ko.’ Kaso nag-insist yung security na marunong naman daw siya. Matagal na daw siyang driver,” Jayamaha said.
“Paglabas ko ng pawnshop, nakita ko pa siyang papasok ng sasakyan ko. So, sinubukan ko siyang habulin. Sinubukan ko siyang pigilan, pero hindi na, kasi ang bilis eh. Napatakbo niya agad yung sasakyan,” he added.
Police Captain Milfred Kamir Kayat of the Makati Police traffic investigation said, “Ang sabi kasi ng driver, ang mandato daw po sa kanya ng establishmento, na once na meron naka-obstruct o nakaharang dyan sa ating establishment at meron darating na kliyente natin na iba, ay iayos mo o ipaayos mo sa kanila.”
“Sa tingin natin ay hindi niya alam imaneho dahil sabi nung security guard na nagmaneho, pag-release pa lang ng lever ng handbrake, ay ito’y umandar na, padiret-diretso. Ang sabi niya sakin naka drive na raw nung binaba niya yung lever ng handbreak,” he added.
The security guard did not give a statement.
“Yung security guard, halos ano siya, malaki pagsisisi niya sa nagawa niya. Ang sabi niya, ang nakita ko lang kasi sir, is…kaya ko, pero di ko pala kinaya sir. Aksidente talaga sir,” the police investigator quoted the guard as saying.
The security guard is detained at the Makati Police Station and has been subjected to inquest proceedings for a complaint of reckless imprudent resulting in homicide, multiple physical injuries, and damage to properties. —LDF, GMA Integrated News
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JONATHAN ANDAL, NAKATUTOK 24 ORAS!
