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Cop in viral road rage video sacked

MANILA, Philippines — A policeman who threatened a truck driver during a road rage incident along the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) in Valenzuela City was relieved from his post yesterday.

The incident was recorded on video, which went viral on social media.

Maj. Gen. Edgar Allan Okubo, director of the police Civil Security Group, sacked the police officer who is assigned with the CSG’s National Capital Region field office.

Okubo did not disclose the name and rank of the policeman, who is under investigation for possible administrative lapses.

The incident occurred along the NLEX Mindanao Avenue toll plaza in Barangay Ugong on Monday.

In the video, the policeman was seen ordering the driver to go down from the truck.

The police officer, who was in civilian clothes, appeared to have kicked the driver and pushed him face first on the ground.

The policeman chased the driver after the truck hit his vehicle and damaged it.

The truck driver did not stop after hitting the car.

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