MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Metro Rail Transit line 3 (MRT3) operations were temporarily limited from its North Avenue and Shaw Boulevard stations on Tuesday, October 15, after a man fell on the tracks between the Buendia and Ayala stations past noon.

The Department of Transportation-MRT3 (DOTr-MRT3) described the man as a “vagrant.” 

“At 12:16 pm today, a street vagrant jumped over and fell at the interstation of tracks of Buendia and Ayala.  The matter is now being addressed by concerned MRT-3 personnel, medical personnel, and police authorities,” it said in a tweet.

The DOTr-MRT3 has yet to release other details of the incident.

MRT-3 ADVISORY

At 12:16 PM today, a street vagrant jumped over and fell at the interstation of tracks of Buendia and Ayala.

The matter is now being addressed by concerned MRT-3 personnel, medical personnel, and police authorities.

Train movement is being regulated.

### pic.twitter.com/DnnlCYGHSF

— DOTr MRT-3 (@dotrmrt3) October 15, 2019

Normal operations resumed two and a half hours later,  at 2:47 pm.

It was the latest incident at the MRT3 involving a vagrant. In August last year, an MRT3 security guard shot a vagrant in the ankle after he got on the railway tracks and reportedly threw rocks at MRT3 personnel and cars.  – Rappler.com