A woman who witnessed the death of Winnipeg bus driver Irvine Fraser told the court by the time she was able to get close to help, there was "nothing I could do."

A memorial was held Wednesday morning for slain driver Irvine Jubal Fraser, one year after he was killed on the job as a Winnipeg Transit bus driver.

Police have charged Brian Kyle Thomas, 22, with second degree murder in the death of transit driver Irvine Fraser.

A bus driver was killed when he was deliberately set alight in an attack in Brisbane, local media reported on Friday.