KINGSTON, Jamaica — A taxi driver caught on camera vandalising a Jamaican Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus in a fit of road rage earlier this week is issuing an apology to the state-run transportation company for his actions.

“My actions would have set the JUTC [back]… I have to apologise for that, the JUTC serves the public, every unit that they have that has a problem is a problem to the public. JUTC doesn’t even have enough buses to serve the public, much less to think about someone hitting the side and causing damage, so I have to apologise,” the taxi driver, Errol McLean, told Observer Online on Thursday.

On Tuesday, McLean was caught on video repeatedly hitting the glass doors and side of a JUTC bus until a window broke.

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However, the cabbie says he is not completely at fault in the incident during which he claims that he was obstructed by the bus twice.

According to McLean, in the first instance, the bus, while attempting to pick up passengers from the bus stop, came far too close to his vehicle.

“I have to go on the sidewalk to avoid you tearing up the car. I was angry, I was upset because the JUTC driver didn’t even consider it decent enough to say ‘driver you know I am sorry about that, sorry bossy’…Instead of that, he’s [giving me] middle finger… I was upset! What I should have done was go back to my vehicle and perhaps go to the police and make a report,” he admitted.

McLean reacted angrily, leading him to break the window of the bus, which he says was not intentional.

His misery worsened when, according to McLean, after returning to his car, he was obstructed by the JUTC bus a second time, resulting in him crashing the cab into another vehicle.

McLean said he had planned to park properly in front of the bus, release his passengers, who he said included a distressed special needs child, and discuss things further with the driver.

But, according to the cabbie, before he could do that, the JUTC driver swung out on him in the right lane and forced him to either hit the bus or an oncoming car, resulting in the accident.

While emphatic in his apology to the JUTC for the damage, he made no apologies to the driver, whom he insisted contributed to the accident.

He has not been charged with any offence.

The JUTC declined to comment on the matter which it said is currently under investigation