ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — President of the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS), Egeton Newman is calling on the Ministry of Transport to address issues relating to the safety of public transport operators after the brutal killing of a bus driver yesterday.

The bus driver — Ervin McLeggan, 55, of Villa Nova Housing Scheme in St Catherine — was shot dead at the Spanish Town Municipal Bus Park in the parish.

McLeggan was reportedly standing in the bus park about 8:00 am when it is alleged that two men armed with handguns opened gunfire hitting him.

He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. This is the second murder of a bus driver in less than a week.

Last Friday, a bus driver in Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth was stabbed to death, reportedly by a loader man.

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TODSS and the National Association of Taxi Operators are calling on the Minister of Transport and Mining, Mike Henry, to address the issue with a matter of urgency.

Newman said the Spanish Town centre has become a killing field. “If a security post cannot be re-established in this facility, we will have no choice but to ask our members not to use the facility until the matter can be address,” he added