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Injured bus driver wants NCOPT to implement cashless system

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A Morne Du Don bus driver, who was shot last night by two armed bandits, is calling for the National Council of Public Transportation (NCOPT), to fast track the implementation of the cashless system for St. Lucia transportation sector.

Hyacinth Sidonie believes that this could help to reduce the chances of bus drivers being attacked and robbed.

The 49-year-old man told St. Lucia News Online (SNO) in an interview today that the situation is becoming very dangerous and every avenue must be looked at to protect bus drivers.

Sidonie said he is seeking to have this system introduced specifically because his attackers demanded cash. This is the usual trend whenever bus drivers are attacked, he told SNO.

Sidonie said the cashless system will ensure that drivers do not carry around cash with them, and in the cases where they do for personal use, it would be in small amounts.

Three armed bandits had robbed another Morne Du Don mini-bus driver of an undisclosed sum of cash on Thursday, November 13 in La Pansee, Castries. Barthelmy Florent, 53, was robbed at gunpoint and beaten by the bandits. He sustained several cuts and bruises.

A bus driver was also robbed on September 19, in Forestiere. Phillip ‘Sonny’ John, 54, of Forestiere, was attacked by three armed bandits. He was robbed of an undisclosed sum of cash, his cellular phone and the keys to his minibus and house.


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