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| Photos shared online show the victim lying still while her belongings were scattered about |
Be careful not to stand too close to the edge of the pavement while waiting to cross the road.
This advice may
well have come from the police, as they belied stories spreading on social
media that a woman who was hit on a bus this afternoon on Des Voeux Road,
Central is a Filipina.
A police
spokeswoman said the victim was a local woman, and she was hit by a Citybus as
she stepped on the pedestrian crossing across WorldWide House.
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The woman
reportedly suffered injuries to her hands and chest, and was sent to the hospital
in a conscious state. No other information was available.
Filipinos who
shared photos of the accident on social media immediately surmised that the
victim was a domestic helper who was doing last-minute shopping before going
home to the Philippines as she was apparently carrying a huge stuffed toy and a
packed Ikea straw bag.
“Ingat sa pagtawid-tawid. Isang kababayan
(ang) nabangga ng bus now lang sa tawiran ng WorldWide. Baka uuwi pa sa
Pilipinas kasi ang daming pinamili kasama ang Minnie Mouse stuffed toy,”
said one.
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| TAWAG NA! |
(Be careful when
you cross the road. One fellow Filipino was hit by a bus just now at the
pedestrian crossing to WorldWide. She may be on her way home to the Philippines
as she bought a lot of stuff, including a Minnie Mouse stuffed toy).
The shared
photos also showed the female victim in tattered jeans and puff jacket, with
one shoe off, looking still and unconscious as three passersby tried to help
make her comfortable before rescuers arrived.
PINDUTIN ITO
One eyewitness who told everyone it was a fellow Filipina who was hit, said she ran away after seeing blood near the victim.
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| One eyewitness say she could almost swear the victim was a fellow Filipina DH |
The area surrounding Worldwide House, a favorite haunt of Filipinos, is a known traffic blackspot among members of the community.
However, most of
the accidents involving Filipinos happened not at the pedestrian crossing, but
several steps away, or right across the alleys where pedestrians are known to
make a quick dash to the other side, unmindful of incoming traffic.
Among the more
serious cases happened about midnight in December 2021 when two Filipinos – one
male and one female – were hit by a KMB bus just as they were about to get to
the other side of the road in front of WorldWide House.
The bus’ windshield was completely shattered as it tried to avoid hitting the two. The 54-year-old man was conscious when taken to hospital while the 33-year-old woman was in critical condition. She survived following a delicate head operation but had to stay in hospital for two months.
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