2 DIE AS GUNFIRE SENDS BUS CAREENING.Byline: Laurence Cruz Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. A passenger on a city bus shot the driver in the arm Friday, causing the bus carrying at least 35 people to crash off a bridge and into an apartment building, police said. The driver was thrown from the bus and killed, and a second man, who was shot in the head, died at Harborview Medical Center Harborview Medical Center, located on Seattle's First Hill, is the public hospital of King County, Washington and is managed by the University of Washington. It was founded in 1877 as King County Hospital, a six-bed welfare hospital in a two-story south Seattle building. , said police spokeswoman Christie Lynn Bonner. ``Possibly this is our suspect, possibly it's another victim shot by the suspect,'' Bonner said. Injured passengers lay on the street, many critically injured with broken bones This article or section has multiple issues: * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. * It needs to be expanded. Please help [ improve the article] or discuss these issues on the talk page. and bleeding wounds. The bus tumbled from the Aurora Bridge, which crosses Seattle's Ship Canal, about 50 feet down into the apartment building and came to rest in front of the building. Fire Department spokeswoman Sheila Strehle said the 30 passengers were taken to six area hospitals. Strehle said two passengers remained in critical condition Friday night and others suffered injuries ranging from minor arm pain to a broken neck and internal injuries. No one on the ground or in the apartment building was injured. Firefighters searched the area around and beneath the bus, but no other victims were reported. A handgun was recovered from one of the injured people at Harborview, but police did not know if it belonged to the shooter. Bonner said the handgun was not found with the man who died. ``They did find a firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. on somebody in the emergency room, but I don't believe it had been fired,'' said Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman Tina Mankowski. A passenger approached the bus driver and shot him as the bus was southbound south·bound adj. Going toward the south. southbound Adjective going towards the south Adj. 1. , headed toward downtown, Bonner said. The driver lost control and the bus crossed the northbound north·bound adj. Going toward the north. northbound Adjective going towards the north Adj. 1. lanes and struck a van and a light pole before plunging through the guardrail, Bonner said. The person driving the van was shaken but not injured. The bus landed mostly in the yard of the two-story apartment house on the hillside beneath the bridge, though the building's roof was damaged. Firefighters were seen crawling among the wreckage of the bus' two sections, and performing first aid on a victim - believed to be the bus driver - atop the apartment's roof. The driver was apparently thrown from the bus onto the roof. Victims, some of them dazed daze tr.v. dazed, daz·ing, daz·es 1. To stun, as with a heavy blow or shock; stupefy. 2. To dazzle, as with strong light. n. A stunned or bewildered condition. and bleeding, could be seen below the bridge. Dave Chacone, who was staying in the apartment building that was hit, said he was standing on a porch directly underneath the bridge. The bus flew right overhead. ``We were outside talking, heard a noise, looked up and saw this bus coming,'' he said. ``I looked up and saw some big chunks (of concrete railing) coming right at me.'' Sara Krause was grazed graze 1 v. grazed, graz·ing, graz·es v.intr. 1. To feed on growing grasses and herbage. 2. Informal a. To eat a variety of appetizers as a full meal. by a piece of falling concrete. People from the bus ``were moaning moan n. 1. a. A low, sustained, mournful cry, usually indicative of sorrow or pain. b. A similar sound: the eerie moan of the night wind. 2. Lamentation. v. and screaming,'' she said. ``I saw legs and twisted bodies.'' The city's Fremont district is located beneath the bridge. It is a densely populated pop·u·late tr.v. pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates 1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people. 2. neighborhood of homes, apartments, shops and restaurants. ``This is a busy, urban neighborhood,'' said Judy Jurji, who was getting mail from her porch when the accident occurred. ``It's just a miracle that more people were not hurt.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) A Seattle Metro bus lies broken below the Aurora Avenue Bridge on Friday. Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times (2) Police officers stand near the railing of Seattle's Aurora Street Bridge where a bus rolled over the side. John Froschauer/Associated Press |
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