![]() Fifteen of the injured were in critical condition tonight and 10 were listed in serious condition, said a Fire Department spokeswoman, Sheila Strehle. When aid units arrived, they gave emergency treatment to people who could be seen on the apartment roof.Īll the passengers were injured, fire department officials said. Badgley said he had seen two injured people on the roof of the apartments. I heard several people say there had been gunshots fired.'' ''People were screaming for help, stumbling about. ''I heard a loud, crashing sound and came rushing out of the apartment,'' said Chris Badgley, who lives about 50 feet from where the bus landed. Rescue officials pulled out several people who were stuck in the bus. Witnesses described a scene of panic as people with broken bones and bleeding cuts tried to crawl out of the bus. The gun was recovered at the hospital, the police said. They said that two people were involved, and that the second person was among the injured taken to the hospital. Police officers did not disclose a motive for the shooting. The bus, heading south, jumped a lane of northbound traffic, hit a van, then crashed through a guardrail and fell 50 feet, landing upright in an apartment garden in the Fremont district, an area of residential buildings, restaurants and businesses. when the driver was shot by a passenger, the police said. The two-section bus was just starting to cross Aurora Avenue Bridge, which spans the Lake Union ship canal, about 3:10 P.M. ![]() ![]() The driver, and a person suspected of shooting the driver, were both killed, the police said. A city bus carrying 31 people plunged off a bridge here and plowed through the outer edge of an apartment roof this afternoon after the driver was shot by a passenger. ![]()
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