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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

Scottish bus drivers say death of colleague part of rising trend in abuse

A large pile of flower bouqets on and under a bus station bench
Flowers laid at Elgin bus station in February after the death of Keith Rollinson. Photograph: JASPERIMAGE/Alamy

After the bus driver Keith Rollinson died at Elgin bus station after a violent assault by a teenage passenger, friends and colleagues held a candlelit vigil to remember the man described by his family as “a true gentleman with a heart of gold”.

On the day of his funeral, the north-east town came to a near-standstill, with bus services suspended so that his fellow drivers could line the streets.

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