4 dead after duck boat, charter bus collide in Seattle
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A charter bus and duck boat collided on a busy Seattle bridge Thursday, killing four people and sending 51 to hospitals.
SEATTLE — A “duck boat” tour vehicle and a charter bus carrying foreign students to a college orientation event collided on a busy Seattle bridge Thursday, killing four students and injuring dozens of others.
Kuen Shouh Wu said his 18-year-old daughter was on the charter bus but was not hurt. He and his daughter, Ming Chao Wu, are from Taiwan, and he is a visiting scholar at the University of Washington. Wu said when he learned of the accident, he came to the school.
Kuen Shouh Wu said his 18-year-old daughter was on the charter bus but was not hurt. He and his daughter, Ming Chao Wu, are from Taiwan, and he is a visiting scholar at the University of Washington. Wu said when he learned of the accident, he came to the school.
The crash happened on the Aurora Bridge, which carries one of the city’s main north-south highways over a lake. At least two people were in critical condition among the 51 people authorities said were transported to hospitals.
There was no immediate word about the cause of the crash, which involved a military-style tour bus that can also be operated on water. Initial reports described the accident as a head-on collision.
“We didn’t see anything. Just the sound. The smell of gas,” said Rujia Xie, a 16-year-old from China, who was on the bus carrying about 45 North Seattle College students and staff. The group was headed to Safeco Field as part of new-student orientation program
She said glass fell on their faces, and some
people jumped from the bus.