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00:00The 13 concrete barriers, 3 plastic barriers and traffic signages were blocked by the dump truck at the end of St. Olan earlier this morning.
00:13The details of the first live news, EJ Gomez. EJ.
00:17Susana did not pass this busway of St. Olan station earlier this morning at 12 o'clock in the early morning after a dump truck blocked 16 concrete and plastic barriers as well as some traffic signages.
00:40The first part of this 12-wheeler that has a load of sand collapsed after it hit about 16 barriers on the southbound lane of EJ St. Olan station in Quezon City at 12 o'clock in the early morning earlier this morning.
00:59As a result of the impact, some of the concrete barriers were almost destroyed. Three plastic barriers were also damaged.
01:06Traffic signs were also blocked at the St. Olan bus carousel station. According to the security guard at the station, the truck ran fast.
01:15I was surprised. It was also strong. I can say that it was fast because it was going down. It was going up and maybe it was already asleep.
01:26When the impact happened, it woke up.
01:29The truck driver admitted that he fell asleep while driving. He traveled from Orac, Pampanga and was supposed to deliver sand to Taguig.
01:38I fell asleep. I was surprised. When I was about to release the handbrake, I couldn't do it anymore. I just drove straight. I couldn't do it anymore. I traveled straight. That's why I'm tired.
01:53According to the MMDA, no one was injured in the accident.
01:56At around 4 o'clock this morning, the dump truck was pulled by the MMDA's towing truck.
02:01The truck driver is facing reckless imprudence resulting in damage to property.
02:06According to the MMDA, each piece of concrete barrier is worth Php 6,500 while the plastic barrier is worth Php 4,200.
02:15The damaged signage will also be paid to the truck driver.
02:18In total, the government's damaged property is worth more than Php 100,000.
02:25Susan, the cleaning operations of the MMDA lasted for 4 hours after the accident.
02:34The MMDA's street sweepers just finished cleaning the debris from the damaged concrete barriers.
02:43At this point, even though there are a lot of vehicles on the road, the traffic is still going straight.
02:50And that's the first news from Quezon City.
02:53EJ Gomez for GMA Integrated News.