Crime & Safety

10 Injured In Bus Accident In DC: Authorities

D.C. Fire and EMS is treating it as a "mass casaulty incident."

UPDATE 11:32 a.m.: Four individuals were transported by ambulance with non-life-threatening injuries, five were transported with minor injuries, and one individual refused treatment.

Original story:

WASHINGTON, DC -- Ten people have been injured after a bus crash in Southeast D.C. Friday morning.

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D.C. Fire and EMS is declaring a "mass casualty incident" at 22nd Street and Alabama Avenue SE involving a bus and a car, according to a tweet at 9:42 a.m.

"So far - will be transporting 10 patients from the scene - 9 of which have minor injuries," the tweet states. "One patient transported - priority 1."

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