Two days af­ter a hor­rif­ic ac­ci­dent claimed the life of Pub­lic Trans­port Ser­vice Cor­po­ra­tion (PTSC) bus dri­ver Mun­saf Khan, col­leagues joined his fam­i­ly and friends to give him a glow­ing farewell.

Khan, 48, of Av­o­cat Vil­lage, Fyz­abad, died on Tues­day morn­ing in a col­li­sion along the Solomon Ho­choy High­way, Freeport, while op­er­at­ing a PTSC Deluxe Coach ser­vice. The crash al­so claimed the life of pas­sen­ger Rox­anne Phillip, 39. In­ves­ti­ga­tors are still piec­ing to­geth­er what hap­pened, but the loss has re­ver­ber­at­ed through the PTSC com­mu­ni­ty and among the trav­el­ling pub­lic.

Dozens of PTSC em­ploy­ees, in and out of uni­form, gath­ered at the Av­o­cat Masjid for the Janazah rites. Imam Shahid Ho­sein led the recita­tion of Surah Yasin, and the men per­formed the Janazah Salaat, the Is­lam­ic fu­ner­al prayer seek­ing for­give­ness and mer­cy for the de­ceased.

PTSC’s As­sis­tant Deputy Gen­er­al Man­ag­er of Op­er­a­tions (South), Bernadette Alexan­der-McGill­vary, paid trib­ute to a col­league she said em­bod­ied the best of the cor­po­ra­tion: qui­et, steady, and un­fail­ing­ly kind. Known by his nick­name “Bat­man,” Khan’s pres­ence, she re­called, brought warmth, and his bright smile lift­ed spir­its wher­ev­er he worked.

“He was an ex­em­plar of pro­fes­sion­al­ism and per­son­i­fied what the cor­po­ra­tion deemed a mod­el em­ploy­ee. He al­ways en­deav­oured for ex­cel­lence in the man­ner in which he pro­vid­ed ser­vices to the trav­el­ling com­mu­ni­ty on be­half of the PTSC. Mun­saf was a friend­ly soul and tru­ly a warm-heart­ed per­son, al­ways smil­ing and greet­ing every­one he en­coun­tered dur­ing his tour of du­ty,” McGill­vary said.

She said PTSC built the San Fer­nan­do to UWI ser­vice on clear prin­ci­ples: on-time per­for­mance and high stan­dards of de­liv­ery, and sought dri­vers who could up­hold them.

“Bear­ing this in mind, Mun­saf was in­stan­ta­neous­ly an ide­al can­di­date. He re­spond­ed to our call with great en­thu­si­asm, which has been un­matched re­gard­ing the qual­i­ty, re­li­a­bil­i­ty, and cus­tomer sat­is­fac­tion he ex­e­cut­ed dai­ly.”

Se­lect­ed for the Deluxe Coach ser­vice, PTSC said Khan demon­strat­ed the at­trib­ut­es of a PTSC am­bas­sador. Even af­ter his pass­ing, UWI stu­dents, their par­ents, and mem­bers of the pub­lic con­tin­ued to ex­press their love, ad­mi­ra­tion, and grief. McGill­vary told Khan’s rel­a­tives that PTSC shared their loss and would car­ry his ex­am­ple for­ward in ser­vice.

“Mun­saf, your mem­o­ry will live on; your ded­i­ca­tion and the love you had for ser­vice to your coun­try will serve as an ex­am­ple to your com­rades and those who strive for ex­cel­lence.”