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DSWD to assist PWD mauled by fellow bus passengers on EDSA
A 25-year-old person with disability (PWD) was allegedly mauled and possibly tased by fellow passengers inside a bus along EDSA Bus Carousel on June 9 after reportedly biting some passengers.
DOTr Secretary Vince Dizon condemned the act as a crime and called for greater public understanding of PWDs' conditions, noting that reactions can be triggered by various factors.
A viral video shows the PWD crying for help as passengers attempted to remove him from the bus, with an electric shock sound heard, prompting the DOTr to investigate claims of a taser being used.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is now searching for the PWD to provide assistance for his physical injuries and trauma from the incident.
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The Department of Transportation (DOTr) suspended for 90 days the license of a bus driver involved in an incident where a person with disability (PWD) was mauled by passengers on the Edsa bus carousel.
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Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon directed the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to file a criminal case against a bus conductor who allegedly tasered a person with disability (PWD).
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