A vicious daylight attempted robbery in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, on Friday afternoon left an elderly man dead and triggered major traffic congestion across sections of the Corporate Area as police launched a probe into the brazen attack.

Preliminary reports indicate that sometime before 2:30 p.m., the man, identified as 68-year-old bearer Lawrence Kessna of a Phase 2, Seaview Gardens in St Andrew address, had gone to Scotiabank to conduct a transaction reportedly amounting to $10 million.

It is understood that after completing the transaction, he was on his way to his place of employment, located not far away, when he was attacked by two men — one on foot and the other on a motorcycle — who attempted to rob him of the cash.