DESCRIPTION: While traveling on Highway 101 south of Shelton, an SUV carrying two people collided with a school bus that had slowed to turn, killing the passenger in the SUV. There were no children inside the bus, but the driver complained of a sore neck and back. The driver of the SUV was sent to Mason General Hospital and it is still unknown if alcohol or drugs were the cause but witnesses stated that the SUV was speeding and weaving before they crashed.
TYPE OF ACCIDENT:
Motor Vehicle Collision involving School busCAUSE: Alcohol/drug use suspected but unknown
DATE: October 27, 2010
TIME: ~6:30am
LOCATION: Highway 101, 6 miles south of Shelton
NUMBER OF VEHICLES:2
CARS: 0
TRUCKS: 2 (SUV and School bus)
MOTORCYCLES: 0
PEDESTRIANS: 0
NUMBER INJURED: 1
NUMBER DECEASED: 1
DRUGS OR ALCOHOL INVOLVED: Suspected but still unknown
PERSONS INVOLVED: 2
VEHICLES INVOLVED: 2
INVESTIGATING AGENCY: Washington State Patrol
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE: Mason General Hospital
LEGAL ANALYSIS: Washington State Patrol is still investigating the cause of the crash.
Category: Bus, Shuttle, Taxi & Mass Transit Accidents
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