Falling asleep on public transport may be much more dangerous than it seems.
A man’s arm was severed after it was accidentally hit by an incoming bus on Saturday morning.
According to Facebook user Aqu Si Val Coe, who was on the same bus that the unidentified man was riding, the incident happened at 9:30am along EDSA-Kamuning in Quezon City.
She explains in the Facebook post she shared on Saturday that the bus accidentally hit the man’s arm because it was hanging out of the window. The man was sleeping before the incident occurred.
Bombo Radyo reported that the rescue team of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) arrived at the scene with first-aid.
Balitambayan reported that the man was brought to the East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon City for treatment.
The video has garnered over 1.5million views and 20,000 shares as of this article’s posting. Netizens were alarmed by the incident:
Facebook user Amor Eli Tejome Sulat wrote: “The rescue [team] takes so long [to arrive], I pity him, he keeps crying.”
Chot Perdiz said: “It’s true what our parents said when we were kids that we shouldn’t put our hands outside [a moving vehicle] while on the road, especially in a jeep or a bus.”
“That [looks like] it hurt a lot,” Wrote JE NI CA.
Francis Kurl Hernando tagged a friend and told her: “Don’t fall asleep in a bus, crazy.”
Always take care, Coconauts.
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