Aide: Drag racers gang up on MMDA constable
A Metropolitan Manila Development Authority aide tasked to guard against drag racing along Macapagal Boulevard in southern Metro Manila was injured after suspected drag racers ganged up on him before dawn Saturday.
MMDA traffic discipline unit head Yves Gonzalez said the injured constable, who he initially identified as Reuterez, suffered injuries to the head.
“Kinuyog ng mga drag racers yung bantay na MMDA sa Macapagal. Putok ulo one of our constables (The drag racers ),” he said on his Twitter account.
He did not give further details, except that the constable was rushed to the San Juan de Dios Hospital for treatment.
Gonzalez heads the MMDA unit tasked to watch out against drag racing along Macapagal Boulevard.
The MMDA started this month clamping down on drag racing practice after receiving persistent reports that some motorists use the highway for their races.
“Drag racers didnt like the fact that they couldn’t race. They decided to get violent with the Bantay Macapagal MMDA. Constable Reuterez was rushed to San Juan De Dios,” Gonzalez said.
A separate report on "Balitanghali" quoted one of the MMDA constables as saying the suspects numbering at least 30 waited for the victim at Roxas Boulevard and attacked them.
The suspects fled when an MMDA motorcycle team arrived.
MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said the victim had been discharged from the hospital and is recuperating.
Tolentino said his men will be back at Macapagal Boulevard in full force Saturday night. — LBG, GMA News
MMDA traffic discipline unit head Yves Gonzalez said the injured constable, who he initially identified as Reuterez, suffered injuries to the head.
“Kinuyog ng mga drag racers yung bantay na MMDA sa Macapagal. Putok ulo one of our constables (The drag racers ),” he said on his Twitter account.
He did not give further details, except that the constable was rushed to the San Juan de Dios Hospital for treatment.
Gonzalez heads the MMDA unit tasked to watch out against drag racing along Macapagal Boulevard.
The MMDA started this month clamping down on drag racing practice after receiving persistent reports that some motorists use the highway for their races.
“Drag racers didnt like the fact that they couldn’t race. They decided to get violent with the Bantay Macapagal MMDA. Constable Reuterez was rushed to San Juan De Dios,” Gonzalez said.
A separate report on "Balitanghali" quoted one of the MMDA constables as saying the suspects numbering at least 30 waited for the victim at Roxas Boulevard and attacked them.
The suspects fled when an MMDA motorcycle team arrived.
MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said the victim had been discharged from the hospital and is recuperating.
Tolentino said his men will be back at Macapagal Boulevard in full force Saturday night. — LBG, GMA News
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