Fredismindo Moldes receives first aid treatment after his neck got snagged on a low-hanging wire at Mactan Loop, Ayala Access Road in Cebu City. (CDN PHOTO/ APPLE TAAS)
A motorcyclist yesterday snagged his neck on a low-hanging wire that fell on him while he passed through Mactan Loop, Ayala access road in Cebu City.
Fredismindo Moldes, a 49-year-old employee of the Cebu City Parks and Playgrounds Commission, was heading to work at the time.
The wires were immediately cut down from two connecting posts to avoid another accident, said traffic officer Raumar Minoza.
Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak said a team from the Basak Pardo Emergency Response Team attended to the victim.
Six utility firms signed an agreement with Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama last month pledging to remove dangling and spaghetti wires from their posts over the next three months.
The deadline falls on October 28 this year. Failure to comply means they will risk revocation of their permits.
The document in the mayor’s office was signed by representatives of Bayantel, Sky Cable, Telicphil, Globe, Visayan Electric Company and the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT).
Last July 7, 13-year-old Ralph Bureros was killed while two of his companions were injured after a PLDT post collapsed as a truck passed by and its boom snagged on overhead wires in barangay Tinago, Cebu City.
A week after, a 54-year-old Irene Bordon died from head injuries when a PLDT utility pole fell on her along Veterans Drive, barangay Lahug, Cebu City.
The post was also pulled down by a passing vehicle tangled with overhead cables.