Here are some current photos from someone who lives right by the scene:
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Photos by Ali Simmers

41 replies on “The Bus Hanging Over I-5”

  7. Now, how the hell are they gonna pull the buses back? Huge tow trucks?

    Guess I should give up my blind faith that I’m safter on a bus than in a car!

  8. Would it be easier to tow that bus back (when the roads are no longer icy, yes?) or just clear I-5 and push it over? Or secure it in place as a warning?

    Slog poll please.

  12. I could almost see the buses from my gym. I was watching the news on king 5, then looking right and seeing the fire trucks. I am just glad they didn’t go over, and that everyone is pretty much ok.

  19. Two charter buses with kids from Moses Lake. Could not go down Denny because SDOT can’t keep even main streets open. Drivers tried to get to Greyhound depot to meet parents by another route. City will probably be sued since Denny had closed sign but the street they went down apparently didn’t.

    Windows all broken out for escape on bus you can’t see

  25. 17, I see they aren’t metro buses, but metro’s cancellations were due to safety issues–an argument which this mishap would seem to support.

    On the positive side, this will be front-page news in Moses Lake for a month.

  28. The buses are charters from Moses Lake, and the drivers are undoubtedly unfamiliar with Seattle, especially Seattle in the snow. They may not have grasped from their maps, if any, that although Thomas exists on both sides of the freeway, it doesn’t go through. Whatever it was, they were clearly lost, which is not the same thing as stupid.

  31. @29: Not to mention that, by the time they got the bus stopped, the driver’s ass was literally suspended in air over I-5!

    I say leave it where it is; it looks reasonably stable, and who the hell knows what might happen if they try to winch it back up the same hill it came down.

    Besides, I seriously doubt anybody else is going to try to go down that particular hill, and maybe it’ll serve as a graphic warning to other drivers who see it to slow the fuck down, and don’t drive on teh hilz.

  34. Michael, While I agree, we need to have a couple more committee meetings first, then maybe hold a vote to see what the public thinks first. If the vote no, we should probably do it anyway. If they vote yes, we should do it but first make sure the Stranger is okay with it.

  37. If you look close enough, it’s NOT a city bus, but a tour bus. Apparently a couple of tour buses were making a detour and came down icy Thomas St when they collided.

  38. Apparently everyone off the bus safely with personal possessions, but one imagines there was a lot of soiled undergarments left behind. Odd how many of us heard about this cliffhanger via contacts across the country watching CNN – Stranger way late in coverage – but then there were no pit bulls on the buses or any trolls masturbating alongside – so it’s all understandable.

  41. This happened in front of my apartment. National news decided it was worthy. Headlines like, “Bus Teetering Over Major Freeway”, or “Dangling Bus Frightens Many”.

    Yes, it was bad, but it was definitely NOT “Teetering” or “Dangling.” It was simply resting and quite stable. Nobody could have pushed it onto the freeway.

    That’s all.

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