Bus Plunges off "Skyramp" onto I-270 Spur; One Fatality

An evening rush hour turned deadly when a tour bus plunged 45 feet off a "skyramp" onto Interstate 270 Spur below, leaving one dead and multiple injured patients. 

Rescue Squad 741, Medic 741, and numerous other Montgomery County and Federal units responded at approximately 4:00 pm to a personal injury collision involving a bus and possibly other vehicles.   Initial reports were that one person (the driver of the bus) was dead on the scene.  Two traumas and several other patients were transported to area hospitals.  

View the news coverage:

Bus Crashes Off I-270 Ramp:  http://www.nbcwashington.com/traffic/transit/Bus-Crashes-Off-I-270-Ramp-104027829.html

Bus crash on I-270 ramp leaves 1 dead (video)   http://www.tbd.com/articles/2010/09/bus-crash-on-i-270-16121.html

DC  sightseers hurt in bus crash, driver killed   http://www.wtop.com/?sid=2065855&nid=104

Four people remain hospitalized in Bethesda bus crash on I-270 that killed one: http://www.gazette.net/stories/09302010/montnew112934_32556.php

One Dead, Dozen Hurt In Bus Crash Outside DC:  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130222444 

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