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Wash. crash leaves bus, wheels dangling over I-5

The Associated Press

SEATTLE — Two charter buses crashed Friday on a Seattle street, pushing one through a guardrail next to Interstate 5 and leaving its front wheels dangling above the freeway.

Seattle Fire Department spokeswoman Helen Fitzpatrick says 11 young adults are being taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Fitzpatrick says there is no danger of either bus going over the guardrail, which is about 20 feet above the freeway. She says all the approximately 75 passengers were able to get off the buses before emergency vehicles arrived at the scene.

The state Department of Transportation closed the freeway lanes below.

Bus passenger Nicole Maxie said the crash occurred on an icy hill when one of the drivers attempted to turn.