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Miami-Dade bus driver resigns in lieu of firing after police say he fatally shot 2
Read full article: Miami-Dade bus driver resigns in lieu of firing after police say he fatally shot 2A Miami-Dade Transit bus driver has resigned amid termination proceedings after police said he shot and killed two passengers, officials confirmed Saturday.
Miami-Dade bus driver accused of fatally shooting 2 passengers to be fired
Read full article: Miami-Dade bus driver accused of fatally shooting 2 passengers to be firedA Miami-Dade Transit bus driver accused of shooting two passengers over the weekend is now on administrative leave, Local 10 News has learned.
āPartial derailmentā in Metrorail yard leads to damaged train cars
Read full article: āPartial derailmentā in Metrorail yard leads to damaged train carsA ālow-speed partial derailmentā in the Metrorail yard near Medley Wednesday morning led to āminor damage,ā officials with Miami-Dade Transit confirmed.
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Surveillance video shows bus stop killing; shooter still on loose
Read full article: Surveillance video shows bus stop killing; shooter still on looseA shooting at a bus stop in Hialeah Gardens left a 21-year-old man dead and sent two victims to a hospital, detectives say. They're searching for the gunman.
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Longtime bus driver is Miami-Dade Transits 3rd employee to die from COVID-19
Read full article: Longtime bus driver is Miami-Dade Transits 3rd employee to die from COVID-19MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. Shadell Hamilton had the perfect personality to greet passengers as a bus driver for Miami-Dade Transit. He was indeed a character, with a big presence, his daughter Lakeisha Stevenson says. Hamilton died over the weekend as a result of complications from COVID-19, becoming the third Miami-Dade Transit worker lost to the virus this summer. He was a very strong man, so to watch him go through this was extremely challenging.Another Miami-Dade bus driver, 42-year-old Lakeisha Snipes, died from complications of COVID-19 in July. And weeks later, Jimmy Robinson, a longtime transit supervisor, died at 55 from the virus, highlighting the vulnerability of these public workers.
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Coronavirus pandemic hits Miami-Dade Transit again; veteran dies of COVID-19
Read full article: Coronavirus pandemic hits Miami-Dade Transit again; veteran dies of COVID-19MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. Jimmy Robinson devoted nearly 28 years of his life to Miami-Dade Transit. He worked at a Miami-Dade Transit office. I am fighting, Pamela Robinson said, adding she talked to him on the phone a few hours before he died. Pamela Robinson is grieving the recent death of her husband, Jimmy Robinson. Members of the church, Miami-Dade Transit employees, and his community have felt the grief of the coronavirus pandemic before.
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Public bus driver who felt Miami-Dade didnt care about transit workers risk dies after COVID-19 diagnosis
Read full article: Public bus driver who felt Miami-Dade didnt care about transit workers risk dies after COVID-19 diagnosisAccording to Miami-Dade Transit, her last drive was on June 25 and she reported she had tested positive for COVID-19 on June 29. Miami-Dade County has had a shortage of contact tracers, the detectives who investigate outbreaks in the community. Miami-Dade County increased the regularity of cleanings and made boarding changes so passengers are further away from the driver. Before the Black Lives Matter movement reignited, the union alleged in a federal civil rights lawsuit that Miami-Dade County was discriminating against transit workers. He filed another lawsuit earlier this year in Miami-Dade Circuit Court against Miami-Dade County Transportation & Public Works Director Alice Bravo.

Metrorail coming from Miami International Airport derails in Allapattah
Read full article: Metrorail coming from Miami International Airport derails in AllapattahMIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - After departing from Miami International Airport, a Metrorail partially derailed Friday night in Miami-Dade's Allapattah neighborhood. Karla Damian, a spokeswoman for Miami-Dade Transit, said late Friday night that investigators still didn't know exactly what happened. The passengers had to transfer to the Metrorail's Orange Line, according to Miami-Dade Transit. METRORAIL: Tomorrow, passengers heading to the airport will need to transfer at the Earlington Heights station for the Orange Line train. Details: https://t.co/0kdeN6kjxc Miami-Dade Transit (@IRideMDT) July 12, 2019Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.