According to the Seattle Police Department, two elderly women were killed shortly after a shuttle bus collided with them in the Yesler Terrace neighbourhood on Tuesday morning.
Detective Eric Muñoz, who serves as the spokesperson for the police department, stated that the shuttle bus had inadvertently rolled into a smoking shelter located within the gated parking lot of the midrise Hilltop House retirement apartment complex, which is located at 1005 Terrace Street.
The collision took place at approximately 10:30 in the morning, not too far from Harborview Medical Centre. The accurate ages of the women were not provided by Muñoz.
The third woman managed to avoid being hit, according to Muñoz.
An online blotter post made by the Seattle Police Department stated that they had established that the car had “unintentionally backed” into the area. Police stated that they did not discover any indications that the motorist was inebriated. There is still an ongoing investigation.
Through the late hours of Tuesday morning, it was possible to observe the metal roof of the shelter shattered over the side of a retaining wall that was located within the parking lot. Additionally, a chain-link fence that was adjacent to the retaining wall caved in and crashed over the wall.
The Hilltop House was emblazoned on the back of a white shuttle-style bus that was parked nearby. The vehicle had a few minor dents on its back, and debris was thrown throughout the area.
As the car belonging to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office arrived, there was complete silence at the site. It was observed by three people who were standing on a balcony of the apartment building. The parking lot was riddled with yellow dots that traced the route that the bus took through the area.
Alongside the debris from the shack, the front of a white Sprinter van was also damaged on one corner. The van was located near to the debris. In the midst of the mess, there were at least three seats.
Mike Nielsen, who stated that he frequently passed the shack on his way to work at Harborview, stated that he always saw the same two women smoking there, regardless of the weather.
In the aftermath of his conversation with the authorities, Nielsen was almost confident that the victims were the two ladies he knew.
Nielsen remarked that “they were always so good-natured.”
Please contact Kai Uyehara at [email protected] or call 206-652-6419. In the morning, Kai Uyehara is responsible for covering enterprise and breaking news for The Seattle Times.
