00:00Police are investigating the drag racing that is taking place in some parts of Marcos Highway.
00:05This is the first news of Bam Alegre.
00:08Bam!
00:13Maris, good morning.
00:14Social media is full of videos of the drag racing that is taking place here in Marcos Highway
00:20during the night.
00:30This usually happens in Panolongan ng Santolan, at the LRT2 station.
00:35There are incidents where cars are racing here in the boundary of Marikina and Pasig.
00:40This is the statement of the barangay watchman that we talked to earlier, Mel Ramos,
00:44who happens to be a watchman here during night shift.
00:47The group of young people who are racing here said that
00:51the other day, a police officer was already on a ronda.
00:53In the early hours of the morning, the kids who are racing
00:57were left with two motorcycles and they are under police custody.
01:01They are using the motorcycles as a shield for the cars that are passing by
01:04so that they can race.
01:06The police also refused to face the camera in their ongoing investigation.
01:10Let's listen to the statement of the barangay watchman.
01:14Usually, sir, sometimes when there's no one on the other side,
01:19that's when they go down.
01:21That's when it starts.
01:22Yesterday, the police chased us.
01:24We were passing by, we were running.
01:27They chased us.
01:30This is where the police and barangay continues their visibility
01:34in this place to avoid drag racing.
01:36This is the first news from here,
01:38in the boundary of Marikina and Pasig,
01:39for GMA Integrated News.
01:57.
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