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April 17, 2006

Airport bus driver killed in crash was W. Warwick man, 79

The shuttle bus driver who died in a crash at T.F. Green Airport on Saturday night has been identified as Bernard O. McNeil, 79, of East Greenwich Avenue in West Warwick.

McNeil had worked for at least 10 years for Professional Security Services, which is contracted to run the parking lots at the airport, according to the acting chief of the state airport's police, Lt. Kevin P. Hopkins of the state police.

Hopkins said that the state medical examiner’s office has not determined an exact cause of death, but officials believe that McNeil suffered from “some kind of medical event,” such as a heart attack, that caused him to lose control of the shuttle bus.

McNeil then hit a utility pole and a concrete column. An investigation continues, Hopkins said, into whether there was a mechanical problem with the shuttle bus.

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