Seattle:
At least four people were killed and several were critically injured on Thursday when a bus collided with a tour vehicle on a bridge in the US West Coast city of Seattle, officials said.
Lieutenant Sue Stang, of the Seattle fire department, told reporters that 50 people were evacuated from the scene of the accident, nine with critical injuries and 12 with non-life threatening injuries.
A fire official confirmed to an AFP correspondent at the scene that four people were killed in the fiery crash that took place shortly after 11 am.
Sang said most of the victims were on board the bus as were the majority of those injured.
Media reports said most of passengers on the bus were students and staff from North Seattle College.
Some of those on board the bus and the "Ride the Ducks" vehicle - amphibious vehicles used for tours in several US cities - could be seen crawling out of the wreckage while others were carried away on stretchers.
Stang said some 90 firefighters converged to the scene of the accident on Aurora Bridge which was shut down to traffic.
Images of the accident showed extensive damage to the left side of the bus, part of which was completely sheared off by the force of the crash.
The age or identity of the victims was not immediately available.
It was also not immediately clear what caused the accident.
Lieutenant Sue Stang, of the Seattle fire department, told reporters that 50 people were evacuated from the scene of the accident, nine with critical injuries and 12 with non-life threatening injuries.
A fire official confirmed to an AFP correspondent at the scene that four people were killed in the fiery crash that took place shortly after 11 am.
Sang said most of the victims were on board the bus as were the majority of those injured.
Media reports said most of passengers on the bus were students and staff from North Seattle College.
Some of those on board the bus and the "Ride the Ducks" vehicle - amphibious vehicles used for tours in several US cities - could be seen crawling out of the wreckage while others were carried away on stretchers.
Stang said some 90 firefighters converged to the scene of the accident on Aurora Bridge which was shut down to traffic.
Images of the accident showed extensive damage to the left side of the bus, part of which was completely sheared off by the force of the crash.
The age or identity of the victims was not immediately available.
It was also not immediately clear what caused the accident.
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