Pierce Transit Worker Killed At Lakewood Bus Base

LAKEWOOD, WA - A Pierce Transit employee was killed Tuesday night at the bus base in Lakewood after being hit by a bus.

West Pierce Fire and Rescue responded to the bus based near South Tacoma Way and 96th Street around 6:30 p.m. on a report of a person trapped under a bus. When they arrived, Pierce Transit employees had used a forklift to lift the bus off the employee. Paramedics pronounced the Pierce Transit employee dead at the scene.

Pierce Transit spokesperson Alice Sastle said that the bus was leaving a bus wash and was rounding a corner when it hit the employee.

"The employee was not visible," she said.

Two West Pierce chaplains were at the bus base providing grief counseling to employees.

We will update this post with more information as soon as it's available.

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