‘Wounds in our heart’: Seattle college mourns 4 students

He did not know how the crash happened, but said the company is fully cooperating with investigators.

Four worldwide students died in the crash Thursday involving a charter bus and two other vehicles. Dozens of people on the bus and the duck boat were injured.

Weener says the agency wouldn’t speculate on what caused the crash and would work to determine that in the coming months.

Amphibious vehicles have been investigated for their involvement in serious collisions before, but not on land. The crash is under investigation, according to the Seattle Police Department. “All our Captains hold a United States Coast Guard Master’s license, as well as a commercial driver’s license, are CPR and First Aid certified and must complete a rigorous training program before any paying-passengers board their Duck”.

Tracey told KIRO 7 News that usually when vehicles go over the Aurora Bridge, drivers put flashers on an slow down. “Our inspectors physically look at a sample of cars; the size of the sample is based on the company fleet”. They were inspired by the thousands of amphibious landing craft launched by U.S. forces during World War II. They issued a satisfactory rating. Federal investigators are set to arrive Friday.

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) – The state Public Disclosure Commission says employees of Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist can’t remain anonymous if they want to contribute to his recall campaign. “They will be looking for evidence, they will try to examine the vehicles”.

“The vehicle involved in (the) crash was not part of the inspection sample in 2012”, Maxwell said in an email to The Seattle Times. The impact ripped open the bus and victims were strewn around the wreckage. His driver wasn’t seriously hurt, but Johnson said he’s concerned with how he’s handling the accident emotionally.

Murray said families of the victims were traveling from overseas to Seattle where there has been an outpouring of sympathy from the community. “The pictures are reality”.

Bellair has not released the name of the driver. The three deceased students whose information can be confirmed are: Claudia Derschmidt, a 49-year-old female from Austria, Privaudo Putradauto, an 18-year-old male from Indonesia, Mami Sato, a 37-year-old female from Japan.

The four students killed in a school bus crash in Seattle were from China, Austria, Indonesia and Japan, authorities in the USA said today. Members of the media were asked to stay outside the room.

“Yesterday was maybe one of the most hard days to be mayor”.

September 25-Transportation officials have anxious for years about driver safety on the narrow Aurora Bridge, where six traffic lanes are divided by two yellow stripes.

North Seattle College student Rujia Xie, left, and Mingyue Lu, … The college has been posting updates on its website.

Even before a duck boat crashed into a charter bus in Seattle, killing four global students, calls had emerged for greater oversight and even an outright ban on the military-style vehicles that allow tourists to see cities by road and water. “That’s when I grabbed my wife and I just pushed her down and held her then I got thrown”, said Greg Moody.