A Washington State bus crash between a bus driver, truck driver and an automobile driver happened in Seattle, Wash., at Highway 97 north of Orondo and 150 miles east of Seattle, at 8 a.m., on Thursday, Feb. 5. The Washington State Patrol suggested that the truck driver's name Kenneth Hahn, age 54, of Yakima, fell asleep Thursday before his vehicle crossed the center line of a rural Washington highway and collided with a car and a school bus, killing the car driver and sending dozens of students to the hospital for evaluation.
The authorities said that the car driver named Carmela Cuellar Morales, age 22, of Orondo, died at the scene. A 12-year-old female passenger in her car was injured and taken to Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee. Hospital spokeswoman Steph Grubich said the child was treated and released. Also, they continued that forty-three students were taken to the hospital and sent home after the bus crash.
The truck driver, a 36-year-old male passenger in the truck and the driver of the Orondo School District bus, identified as Pamela Robertson, age 53, of Orondo, were reported in satisfactory condition Thursday night at the hospital Pamela Robertson said, "When the truck crashed the bus, the kids and I fell out of the seats." Trooper Darren Wright reported that with a voluntary blood sample from the truck driver, investigators will check for any evidence that alcohol or drugs played a role in the crash.
- James McRae
The authorities said that the car driver named Carmela Cuellar Morales, age 22, of Orondo, died at the scene. A 12-year-old female passenger in her car was injured and taken to Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee. Hospital spokeswoman Steph Grubich said the child was treated and released. Also, they continued that forty-three students were taken to the hospital and sent home after the bus crash.
The truck driver, a 36-year-old male passenger in the truck and the driver of the Orondo School District bus, identified as Pamela Robertson, age 53, of Orondo, were reported in satisfactory condition Thursday night at the hospital Pamela Robertson said, "When the truck crashed the bus, the kids and I fell out of the seats." Trooper Darren Wright reported that with a voluntary blood sample from the truck driver, investigators will check for any evidence that alcohol or drugs played a role in the crash.
- James McRae