Woman critically injured after being rescued from under Metrobus

WASHINGTON ( DC News Now ) — Officials said a woman was taken to the hospital after she was rescued from underneath a Metrobus in Washington, D.C. late Wednesday night.

Details remain limited; however, the DC Fire and EMD Department (DCFD) posted on X, just before midnight, crews were called to the 7th and P Streets NW area for a pedestrian crash and a person trapped under a Metrobus.

Officials said the initial call stated the woman was partially under the bus’s wheel.

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Once on the scene, D.C. rescue squads were able to pull her out from under the bus.

She was taken to a trauma center with critical injuries.

DCFD told DC News Now that it is unclear how the woman got stuck under the bus.

As of Thursday morning, her condition is unknown.

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