Transit Awards Honor Bus Operators with No Preventable Accidents

Last month, bus operators were honored for their good driving records during calendar year 2015. The following operators had no preventable accidents for consecutive years:

Nicholson Court depot:

One Year:           Wade Vassell, Jesse Edwards, Burt Zambard

Two Years:         Richard Ngang, Lennox Fraser, Eze Iheme, Brook Nigatu

Four Years:        Ricardo Cabrera, Arlean Chandler, Solomon Michael, Cassandra Tolbert   

Five Years:         Barnabas Gutema, Nova  Robinson, Charles Seino, Terence Britton

Six Years:           Carmona, Jorge, Arefaine Ghebre, Raul Ortellado, Dionne Clark, Carlos Lopez

Seven Years:      Rock Ndeutchoua

Eight Years:       Eric Walker    

Silver Spring depot:
One Year:           Yvon Aristide, Dominick Graham    
Two Years:         Jacques Ekwa-Nyames, Jose Gonzalez, Olivier Tchouke-Tchato, Eric Easter  
Three Years:       Douglas Flores, Denard Jarmon, Nathaniel Lee, Leonora Mejia,
                           Mohammed Ahmed, Bernard Argyle, Brian Browne, Stanley Dotson
Four Years:        Damani Cook    
Five Years:         Travor Hazel  
Six Years:           Jeffrey Sims, William Simms, James Turner, Seyoum Garedew, Miguel Lopez-Ruiz,
                           Delvin Taylor

Seven Years:      Herve Pierre-Louis, Nishantha Ranmuthu
Eight Years:       Anthony Bernard, Stanley Dorsey
Nine Years:        Tegengework Hailegabriel, Michael Richards, William Vanzego
Ten Years:          Randy Flowers, Sean Jackson, Jeffery Johnson, Deborah Jackson, Orando Benlizar
Twelve Years:    Sam Mookkung
Fourteen Years: Avodon Oates, Johnny Stephens
Fifteen Years:     John Smith
Sixteen Years:    Alvania Barrett
Eighteen Years:  Andre Morrison
Nineteen Years: John Wilfert
Twenty-Three Years: Lucas Guzman, Robert James

Gaithersburg depot:

One Year:           Steven Addison, Elda Aldana, Henry Aryee, Samuel Brown, Timothy Cooper,
                           Jamarne Courtney, Webetu Dagnw, Carlos Hill, Acirema Kroywen, Woody Croix,
                            Marvin Mazariego, Adrian Prophet, Rhonda Smith  

Two Years:         Kofi Bempah, Abebe Berbebe, Renford Blair, William Coss, Lawrence Odotei,
                           Samuel Sakkuma, Grady Massey, Garrick McKenzie
Three Years:       Awoda Boulandi, Julio Fernandez, Troy Hebron, Marcial Medina, James Merewitz,
                           Guadelupe Quezada, Patrick Simen, Jervell Vanderhorst, Jacqueline Wells,
                           Paul Strickland, Shonie Griffin, Sylvia Hawkins, Shellie Jones Jr, Larry Lane,
                           Robert Lindenmayer           

Four Years:        Luis Alicea, Thierno Diallo, Karfala Diane, Edward Evans, Anthony Terrelonge,
                           Calvin Parker, Delphine Youmbi   
Five Years:         Joseph Addison,Edgar E. Argueta, Tommy Bryant, Preston Woodard, Agraw
                           Suliman, Rodrigue Lamisere, Tiger Liang, Milton Torres     

Six Years:           Melba Chavarria, Oyoua Hoba, Manual Toscana       

Seven Years:      Bernadette Hope, Mercy Muna, Pablo Sagney
Nine Years:        Eda Jones
Ten Years:         Michael Amedjoe
Eleven Years:     Leslie St. Lewis, Abdeliah Naoui
Twelve Years:    Salvador Cuellar
Fourteen Years:  Darnel Jackson
Fifteen Years:     Timothy Schramm
Twenty Three Years: Rex Thompson