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The phone? >> yes, i am. >> so i have one eye on peter and one eye on the scene. were looking as close as we can to this triage situation thats now been set up right next to these two that the duck boat and the bus. talk me through. im seeing so many first responders, firefighters, when they had a wider shot. i must have counted ten fire trucks responding to this scene. priority are those who are injured critically. whats happening right now on the bridge? >> so i think the keyword is what you s...

We have seen tremendous first responder, fire truck, ambulance presence here on the scene. you have been looking at pictures with us. the triage right there to pay most attention to those who are most seriously injured and get them out on stretchers and get them to hospitals, its just -- im almost out of words to describe what were looking at. >> one of the things that im seeing here in the front of the bus, you see a tire on the ground. it looks like the front of the bus is basically almost rip...

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>> there were two just passenger vehicles and there might be more. that was just what was visually obvious. you had the critical incident of the bus and the duck boat. then there were two other vehicles that were in a vehicle collision as well. were going to let police figure all it out. >> like i mentioned, our focus really was helping the patients. some of that other information like who chartered that bus is going to come out later. >> were seeing how they are using tools to get to people. de...

Us. so we were also just talking a bit about the duck boat in particular wondering whether there are seat belts. we have confirmed that there arent. >> seat belts arent required for this type of vehicle. this is not an ordinary passenger vehicle. its sort of like a bus, but its a truck. >> that goes in the water. >> its a truck that can go in the water. its originally designed for co combat use in world war ii. it took troops right up on the beach. they are not required to have seat belts. they ...

Breaking news on cnn. were covering a deadly collision on this bridge in the seattle, washington area. a spokesperson for the fire department is briefing the media. lets take a listen. >> four vehicles involved in this. it was a duck boat versus a bus. from that two people died from injuries from that incident. we transported nine and nine are having critical injuries. they were transported by medic unit to area hospitals. then we have 12, luckily, with nonlife threatening injuries and also were...

>> let me go through that again. two dead people. my understanding, the majority of the critical patients were on the bus. my understanding is two fatality were two people on the charter bus. we have nine with critical injuries. at this point the breakdown from here, i dont know if they were from the duck or bus. i dont have gender or ages. a a lot of that information will come out later. i just wanted to get prelim marry information. well do another brief iing. the joint information center is u...

Out. thats a major problem. >> im just getting new information. harbor view medical center is the hospital anticipating a a number of these who are injured. nursing supervisor has told cnn they are expecting 25 patients with unknown injuries. so im trying to understand. this must be such a challenge for these first responders because here they are and i dont know if the bus was full or the duck boat was full. but you have to anticipate l they are dealing with a number of people injured. how do y...

Breaking news as were watching this accident in the aftermath unfolding. what youre looking at is the seattle area. this is lunchtime there. i it can tell you by the first response there, they are carrying victims out one by one on these back boards here on this bridge, which is 100% shut down to respond to this accident. as news are hovering over the scene, but it was a duck boat and a charter bus collided. we dont know how, we dont know why, but you can see both of them on the middle of this b...

The triage has been created by multiple first responders responding quickly to victims. nine people critically injured, at least two deaths. were anticipating a news briefing any moment now on what happened here. just awful on this bridge. all lanes closed down to traffic. the injured, as we have been watching not just on stretchers, but taking them out on back boards. if you have loved ones in the area, the injured are being taken to harbor view medical center. it was a ride the bucks tour boat...