 
HAMILTON ISRAEL
RADIO SHOW
WED. 9-11.30pm
SAT. 6-9.30pm
102.3fm Miami
Listen Now
|
|
|
#11016 - 04/04/02 10:04 PM
Only in Jamaica..
|
jt
Moderator
Registered: 02/16/01
Posts: 8410
|
Offline
|
|
AN ENRAGED MOTORCYclist shot and killed an off-duty policeman who was driving a Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus which hit and killed another motorcyclist yesterday.
Shortly after noon, the bus struck a motorcycle ridden by Ricardo Bogle, 23, at the Moreton Park Terrace and Molynes Road intersection in St. Andrew. Bogle died on the spot.
The police say residents of the area began stoning the bus which was being driven by Special Constable Wilfred Gayle, who was stationed at the Harmon Barracks Headquarters, Up Park Camp. Gayle, said the police report, drove away from the scene but was chased by two motorcyclists who had been travelling with Bogle. The men fired several shots at Gayle, hitting him in the chest. He was taken to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Winston Davis, Bogle's uncle, told THE STAR his nephew was a construction worker, who should not have died that way.
Bogle's head was smashed and his legs broken in several places as he lied lifeless on the asphalt in the middle of the road a few meters from his bike. When his mother came on the scene, she could barely walk over to the body and at first was prevented by relatives from seeing what was left of her son, who had been lying in the road for almost an hour. When she finally got the opportunity to look, her face spelt disbelief and tears ran down her cheeks.
Bogle's sister could not be restrained as she cried uncontrollably over her brother, making several attempts to hug him.
Later in the afternoon, the Half-Way Tree police held a suspect believed to be involved in the policeman's killing.
_________________________
They make the world so hard
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#11017 - 04/04/02 10:06 PM
Re: Only in Jamaica..
|
jt
Moderator
Registered: 02/16/01
Posts: 8410
|
|
Offline
|
|
Dead special constable was on leave
WILFRED GAYLE, THE policeman who was shot dead by gunmen after a bus he was driving killed a motorcyclist on Tuesday, was on 105 days vacation leave, THE STAR understands.
Gayle, a Special Constable stationed at Harman Barrack Head-quarters at Up Park Camp, went on leave three weeks ago, Superi-ntendent A.J. Forbes, head of the Constabulary Communi-cations Network (CCN) toldTHE STAR.
Explaining how Gayle came to be driving a JUTC bus although he was a policeman, Supt. Forbes said the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF), of which Gayle had been a member for 20 years, did not have control over what their officers did when they went on leave. Gayle's bus was chased and he was shot dead along Molynes Road, St. Andrew, on Tuesday, after his bus struck a motorcycle ridden by Ricardo Bogle, 23, at the Moreton Park Terrace and Molynes Road intersection. Bogle died on the spot. Meanwhile, a man who was taken into custody in connection with Gayle's death, was still being questioned up to late yesterday, but had not been charged.
The police reported that after the bus hit Bogle, residents of the area began stoning it. Gayle was reportedly then shot, but managed to drive away from the scene.
He later crashed along the roadway. He was taken to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
_________________________
They make the world so hard
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#11018 - 04/04/02 10:07 PM
Re: Only in Jamaica..
|
jt
Moderator
Registered: 02/16/01
Posts: 8410
|
|
Offline
|
|
The term chi chi, as used in yesterday's STAR headline, was not intended to reflect in any way on the driver or the JUTC and its employees.
The JUTC buses are popularly known as chi chi buses, and the headline was used in this context.
THE STAR empathises with the family of Special Constable Wilfred Gayle, and deplores the lawlessness and barbarity of the circumstances under which he was killed.
We also have the utmost respect for the work being done by the bus company and appreciate the difficult and sometimes treacherous conditions under which the employees must operate.
As such, we regret any hurt the headline might have caused.
_________________________
They make the world so hard
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#11019 - 04/04/02 10:08 PM
Re: Only in Jamaica..
|
jt
Moderator
Registered: 02/16/01
Posts: 8410
|
|
Offline
|
|
THE KINGSTON Metropolitan Region's public bus service started returning to normal last night, following a strike by bus crews protesting against the killing of a driver on Tuesday.
The buses started rolling out of the depots on a phased basis late yesterday evening, after an agreement between the management and their union, the University and Allied Workers Union (UAWU).
Public relations spokesman for the company, Errol Lee, promised a limited resumption last night and a full resumption this morning. This was based on the agreement which followed meetings at all four main depots Ashenheim Road, Lyndhurst Road, Portmore and Spanish Town. The workers were addressed at each depot by Minister of Transport and Works, Robert Pickersgill, chairman of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Joseph Matalon and President of the UAWU, Senator Trevor Munroe.
Dr. Munroe said, after the final meeting at Lyndhurst Road which ended shortly after 5 p.m., that the workers were satisfied that the security measures promised by the company were the best that they could do at this time. He said that they were also pleased that the company would pay for the funeral of the slain bus driver, Wilfred Gayle, who is also a member of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF). He is due nearly $1 million in insurance coverage from the company.
The Gleaner was reliably informed that among the security measures agreed to were a 40 per cent increase in the number of plainclothes policemen on the buses travelling on "troubled routes" and random police checks of buses.
Mr. Gayle, a 51-year-old bus driver and special constable, was working on the Spanish Town to Half-Way Tree route Tuesday, when he collided with a Honda motorcycle ridden by 29-year-old Ricardo Bogle, at the corner of Moreton Park Terrace and Molynes Road in St. Andrew.
In the meantime, spokesmen for the JUTC were particular harsh on the coverage of the incident by the Gleaner Com-pany. JUTC workers protested against the headline in The Star newspaper yesterday, while the JUTC's Mr. Lee denied that the bus did not stop after Tuesday's accident which claimed the life of Bogle. "The driver was shot at the scene of the incident. He was trying to appease the crowd which had assembled when he was shot," he said. He also denied rumours that Mr. Gayle was not the driver of the bus which killed Bogle. He said that the whole episode lasted for about an hour and that every attempt was made to revive Mr. Gayle, but he eventually died in hospital.
Mr. Matalon said that yesterday's Star headline, which referred to 'chi chi bus', had "deeply humiliated" the crews. He said, too, that crews on the buses which were leaving the depot last night complained that they were being threatened.
_________________________
They make the world so hard
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#11020 - 04/05/02 08:56 AM
Re: Only in Jamaica..
|
gigo
Member
Registered: 02/16/01
Posts: 1917
|
|
Offline
|
|
wait
jt u turn reporter
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#11021 - 04/05/02 10:11 AM
Re: Only in Jamaica..
|
COACH
Member
Registered: 07/31/01
Posts: 131
Loc: BROOKLYN NY
|
|
Offline
|
|
violence beget violence ,two lives are snuffed out who was in the wrong ?who was in the right if any? but base on the reactions we all seems to want to absolve the bus driver of any crime .aah bwoy quick to judge and condemn
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
Moderator: Jagga, truetrini, jt, Princess
|
0 registered
and 13 anonymous users online.
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
|
|
|
