Unidentified man fell into MRT-3 tracks, service disrupted at least 2 hours

October 15, 2019

Operations of Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3) were temporarily disrupted Tuesday noon  after an unidentified person fell into the tracks between Ayala and Buendia stations. 

The person is still unidentified, officials said.

"At 12:16 pm today, a street vagrant jumped over and fell at the interstation of tracks of Buendia and Ayala," an initial statement from the DOTr (Department of Transportation) MRT-3 read. 

Train operations were limited to trains going to and from North Avenue station and Shaw Boulevard station following the incident.   

Operations were fully restored after two hours around 2:47 pm. 

"As of 2:47 pm, provisional service now lifted. Back to normal operations," MRT-3 announced in its official Twitter account. 

Makati police are investigating the incident. Cristina Eloisa Baclig/DMS