Rayfrando Diaz II said his client, whom he did not identify, never knew that the injuries suffered by Rosario Hofileña of Barangay Taculing, Bacolod, were that bad, and did not realize that there was a complaint about the incident.
He said his client welcomes the fact that all these things came to light and that he is now informed that the injuries were suffered but were “purely accidental.”
The airport CCTV video shows the man taking his bags off the X-ray machine after entering the pre-departure area and placing them in the path of the elderly Rosario, who did not see them, tripped over them and landed flat on her face.
As airport personnel and other passengers rushed to help the woman, the man calmly put his shoes back on, picked up his bags and walked away without assisting or even speaking to the woman, as also shown in the CCTV footage.
Diaz said they would like to assure the family that his client is willing to face whatever responsibility and would like to make amends and reach out to them. However, they would like to request for privacy because his client is a private person and considers the “alleged mystery” solved, he said.
He said they are already in touch with the victim’s lawyer, Renecito Novero, and have already intimated their intention to sit down with him and the family of Rosario Hofileña.
Diaz said that his unnamed client said he saw that there were airport personnel already attending to Rosario so he thought they were in a capable position to help her. The incident caused injury to the left side of her face, fractured her left shoulder bones, and dislocated her left shoulder joints which totally disabled her, the complaint said.
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