Bus drivers’ union seeks better safety after ‘bloody’ fight on West Vancouver bus
Bus drivers in West Vancouver say they are the latest to experience violence on the public transit system.
The statement says one rider was harassing passengers and attacked another passenger who tried to intervene.Four other violent attacks have been reported within the Metro Vancouver transit system over the past several weeks, including a man whose throat was slashed and Tuesday’s fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Ethan Bespflug.
“Even in West Vancouver our drivers and passengers need more safety measures to try and reduce the chance of violence on our buses or at bus loops and stations,” Cornel Neagu, president of Local 134, said in the statement.
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