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Chinese among 4 students killed in traffic accident
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FOUR students were killed on Thursday when an amphibious tour bus and a charter bus carrying foreign college students collided head-on on a Seattle bridge, authorities said.
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said 51 people were treated at hospitals, with 15 of those in critical condition, after the crash on the busy Aurora Bridge, which crosses a canal linking Lake Union with the Puget Sound’s Shilshole Bay.
The Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco confirmed late Thursday that one Chinese student was among the four international students killed, and there might be some other Chinese students injured.
Local TV footage showed the side of the charter bus caved in with glass and debris on the ground. The Ride the Ducks amphibious bus, which had less damage, was missing a front wheel and its front end was slightly crumpled.
Investigators are reviewing witness reports of “a possible mechanical issue” on the vehicle, according to the police.
North Seattle College said around 45 students and employees from its international programs were on the charter bus.
“We extend our deepest condolences to the families of these deceased students, as well as to the students and employee who sustained injuries,” Warren Brown, the college’s president, said in a statement.
Brown said several students were in critical condition and other students and an employee were in serious condition.
A witness to the crash, Jesse Christenson, 32, saw the duck boat with its turn signal on trying to get in the left lane, and then it made a sharp move to the left.
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