2 dead after ‘tragic’ bus accident at Seattle retirement home

The Brief

  • Two women, aged 70 and 80, died after a retirement center bus malfunctioned and backed over them.
  • The incident happened at the Hilltop House retirement community in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood.
  • The bus driver is cooperating with police, and the incident is being investigated as a “tragic accident,” with further updates expected.

SEATTLE Two women are dead after a tragic bus accident in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood Tuesday morning.

Seattle police say the incident happened at the Hilltop House retirement community, located at Terry Ave and Terrace St. Two residents of the community, a 70- and 80-year-old woman, were lounging in the smoking area when a Hilltop House bus backed into them and ran them over.

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