Filipina nurse's car 'was hit from behind'
The Filipina nurse who lost her life in a road accident near the Dar Al Salam mall in Abu Hamour on Thursday evening was the victim of a crash involving two vehicles, Gulf Times reported.
Contrary to the general impression that the victim was run over by a speeding car while she was trying to cross the road, a spokesperson for the Assistance To Nationals (ATN) section at the Philippine embassy said she died when the vehicle she was travelling in was hit by a speeding sports car from behind on the fateful day.
Earlier it was reported a speeding car killed the nurse and injured her colleague on Thursday evening at Abu Hamour in Doha.
The ATN official said 30-year-old Cheryl Mae Ayugat Wawey died on the spot after the car she and her friend hired for the journey to their accommodation was rammed by a sports car from behind around 8pm. Her colleague , Celeste Mamon Centino, 28, was taken to the Hamad General Hospital with injuries. She is reported to be out of danger but still under observation.
Speaking to Gulf Times, ambassador Wilfredo Santos said Wawey suffered severe head injuries which led to her instant death. The envoy said the embassy’s social welfare attache visited the injured Centino at the hospital. “She is attended by her brother who is also in Doha.”
Embassy sources said both the women were employees of Naseem Al Rabeeh Medical Centre. They had been working for the centre for about two years. The accident happened when they were on their way home from work at Premium Naseem Al Rabeeh Medical Centre, beside the Haloul roundabout.
Sources said the duo probably walked to Dar Al Salam mall from the clinic and after buying a few items, hired a car to go to their accommodation.
Centino lives in Misamis Occidental and not in Mindoro as earlier reported, her Facebook account shows. Families of the victims had already been contacted, according to the Philippine Overseas Labour Office (Polo).
The Philippine embassy is now awaiting the results of the police investigation. As a legitimate member of the Overseas Workers Welfare Office, Wawey’s kin are entitled to receive financial and livelihood assistance from the Philippine government.
The fate of the occupant(s) of the sports car is not known.
Courtesy: gulf-times.com
Cghicks: Sportage is a typical Filipino favourite so must be the car she was in...if by walk, then maybe they walked and then once done shopping and with feet aching, must've called a cab... Either way, it's all assumptions so lets just leave it at that...
yeah it was a ford mustang that done the damage and i thought it was a kia sportage, but i may have been wrong about that as it was parked 100m up the road near the turn off.
what i dont know is why would they walk to the mall then hire a car back home? instead of taxi? and where in Dar al salam mall can you hire a vehicle anyway? so many facts about this horrible story just dont quite add up, I hope that this family get the correct story
But why report an untrue story in the first place?...May God have mercy on the soul of the departed...
mohdata: Its sad when the embassy gets it all wrong
It's a mustang and not a Camaro... Just another of many errors... This is why the cops say to not spread and believe unverified news...
Tragic !! May the bereaving family members find solace.
Wow how come the police allowed the reporters to take photos of damaged car. Qatar is suppose to be all good and free of any sort of accidents and crimes.
It would be interesting if our Kabayan colleagues could ask labour attache David Des Dicang to comment
Joys to you, too.
WT, wait for tomorrows re-updated report...
Joys !
The reporting is funny as always. The car must have a license plate. The license plate refers to the owner of the car. The owner of the car should know who drove the car. Why is he "not known"?
It seems to me that POLO and the Embassy staff just sat in their offices and issued a statement and the reporters went on heresay.
It was probably on when a qler b_sut posted " I saw the cars of this accident, in front of Dar Asalam mall yesterday, one black chevy Camaro hit a silver Tiida, a totally damaged cars. " that people began to actually take note..
Thankyou to b_sut !
"The fate of the occupant(s) of the sports car is not known" is the 'best' part of the story.
As per your last posting "A speeding car killed a Filipina nurse and injured another at Abu Hamour in Doha, the Philippine Overseas Labour Office (POLO) told The Gulf Times."
http://www.qatarliving.com/forum/news/posts/speeding-car-kills-filipina-nurse-injures-colleague-abu-hamour
So it seems that the Philipines Embassy, POLO and the local newspapers were in error..
Not very good reporting - is it