A driver for Brampton Transit has died after contracting COVID-19. ATU Canada, the union that represents Brampton Transit drivers, announced Friday that Dael Muttly Jaecques had died. Francesco Vani, executive president of the Brampton union local, told CBC News this is a "very difficult time. Jaecques had been driving on Brampton Transit's 502 line, Vani said, which intersects with the 511 line. Peel Public Health said earlier this month that it was investigating a number of COVID-19 cases among Brampton Transit employees, primarily on Route 511, which runs along Steeles Avenue East.

Source: CBC News March 26, 2021 23:37 UTC