I don’t know what the solution is but that route he had, I think, was particularly dangerous, and they should have a guard on that bus.” “Mad because he knew something like that was going to happen and they did nothing, and it happened,” he said. “It seems to me admin is taking care of admin and not taking care of the folks at the wheel that actually make this company work,” he told board members at the time.ĭunn’s father, Mike Dunn, said he felt mad that his son had inadequate protection at work. It was revealed that five months before his death, Dunn complained to the HART board about a separate incident that occurred on his bus, saying he feared for his safety.
Florida bus driver stabbed to death by passenger drivers#
Since Dunn’s death, coworkers and other bus drivers in the Tampa Bay area have called for improved safety standards for drivers and other transit workers. That’s all he would talk about, his children.” “He was very thoughtful about the passengers he carried, he was thoughtful about the employees he worked with, and he loved his children. “He loved people, and that’s one of our heaviest routes with the most people,” said Tisha Jones, a friend and fellow bus driver. In spite of his severe injuries, Dunn managed to pull the bus over safely.ĭunn was an Air Force veteran and former long-haul truck driver, who reportedly chose a busy route because he loved people. One witness reported that he saw the assailant stab Dunn multiple times, as well as slashing his throat. After officers gathered evidence in the stabbing, McGriff was charged with first-degree murder. 35-year-old Justin McGriff was arrested shortly after the incident, initially on charges of resisting arrest without violence. Graphic surveillance camera footage shows the tragic stabbing, after which the suspect left the bus. In May, 46-year-old HART bus driver Thomas Dunn was stabbed to death by a passenger on his bus.
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