Man enters MRT tracks, delays train operations

MANILA, Philippines - The operations of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) Line 3 were briefly disrupted on Friday afternoon after an unidentified man went inside the rail tracks near the Cubao station in Quezon City.

In its Twitter account, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority posted a photo of the scene and said the man was found under a northbound MRT train stalled infront of the Nepa Q-Mart.

ADVISORY: Psychotic man under MRT train in EDSA Nepa Q. Mart NB, causing delay in MRT operations. #mmda pic.twitter.com/3Mam16RKeU

— Official MMDA (@MMDA) October 18, 2013

The Philippine News Agency (PNA) reported that the man climbed the railway's wire fence around 3 p.m. and held on to the electric power line which electrocuted him.

"The man then fell down on the rail tracks head first. A train arrived but luckily the man was not ran over as he was positioned in between the rail tracks," the report said.

The report added that the train stopped since the man was under of one the coaches. He was rescued and rushed to a hospital.

Train operations have returned to normal.