Three Philadelphia transit workers have succumbed to the coronavirus, SEPTA confirms.
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SEPTA confirms 3 coronavirus deaths
ByDarryl C. MurphyApril 7, 2020
Three Philadelphia transit workers have succumbed to the coronavirus, SEPTA confirms.
Transport Workers Union president Willie Brown reportedly confirmed the names of the employees.
The most recent was Michael Holt, a bus operator from the Midvale Depot, who died overnight.
Theodore Nixon from the Elmwood Trolley Depot was the first fatality. Phillip Williams of the Southern Depot, the second, died last week.
...The coronavirus is taking its toll on transit authorities nationwide as more workers test positive and deaths increase. As of April 6, New York City’s MTA, who also employs TWU members, reported 33 deaths, alone, while the Amalgamated Transit Union reported 11 of their members, including two retirees, died.
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