Tributes pour in for 'legend' Scots bus driver who died of coronavirus after depot outbreak

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Falkirk who died after testing positive for coronavirus. First Bus driver Thomas Rooney, 57, died yesterday in hospital after battling the virus.

He has been described by colleagues as the “heart and soul of Larbert Depot” where he worked, after a 36-year career with the transport company.

Those who worked alongside him described him as a “real character and an absolute gem of a man.”A picture of Thomas on a bus is being widely shared by devastated friends and colleagues in tribute to the popular man.

One colleague remembered Thomas by writing: “He took me under his wing when I started at Larbert two years ago. Will be sorely missed.