By Erika Hernandez
05 Nov 2023, 1:54 PM EST
Authorities reported that one person died and 12 others were injured after a Metro bus collided with a vehicle at a downtown Seattle intersection, struck a pedestrian and crashed into a building.
Seattle Police Department indicated that a King County Metro bus He was traveling east when he collided with a red sedan that was heading south at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Battery Street.
“The collision caused the Metro Bus to leave the road and crash into a building near the intersection,” police detective Judinna Gulpan said in a statement early Sunday.
Gulpan said that the bus ran over and killed a woman who was walking outside the building the car crashed into.
The woman, whose name was not immediately released, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to authorities.
The red sedan was also sent speeding toward the building and firefighters had to extricate the driver from the vehicle. The man was taken by ambulance to Harborview Medical Centerwhere he was in critical condition, police said.
Gulpan explained that the bus driver and most of the passengers suffered minor injuries that did not endanger their lives, so agents helped treat them at the scene.
Among the victims who survived the incident, one was in critical condition and the rest are in stable condition, confirmed the Seattle Fire Department.
No one was inside the portion of the building affected by the accident and “there was no significant structural damage to the building,” the fire department said on social media.
The crash occurred near the Belltown section of Seattle around 3:30 p.m. local time, according to the Seattle Police Department.
The cause of the collision remains under investigation.
“This tragic incident involving a vehicle and one of our buses is heartbreaking,” King County Metro said in a statement.
“Our main concern is the loss of life and the health of those who were injured. We cannot provide further details at this early point in the investigation. We are working with first responders and offering our support to our community. members, employees and passengers,” she added.
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