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Mayor Freddie Tiñga of Taguig City has assured
relatives of a woman run over by a train on Thursday of the city’s
support.
Ma. Loreta M. Leobano, 43, of
Gumamela Street, Western Bicutan, was sideswiped by a train that
also ran her over in Parañaque. Her three-year-old son, RB, escaped
unhurt.
The victim’s husband, Benito,
is working in Saudi Arabia and Loreta had no immediate family
around.
On Friday Tiñga met with
Benito’s nephew, Ramon Leobano Jr., in city hall and tasked Grace
Pagkatipunan of the mayor’s office and social welfare officer
Jurita Olvido to provide them with all the necessary assistance.
The mayor said the victim’s son
will be granted a scholarship once he starts going to school.
Olvido, on the other hand, helped
the Leobanos search for immediate relatives of the victim.
Tiñga also ordered Pagkatipunan
to get in touch with the funeral parlor where the victim’s body
lies and make the necessary arrangements so Leobano’s relatives
can claim her body.
Pagkatipunan said the city
government will also help the victim’s family with death benefits
from the city government’s burial program.
Police said Leobano was buying
garden soil near Naty’s Garden beside the railroad tracks when a
train swiped her.
--Jonathan M. Hicap
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