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Bad this accident is, they are going to have to get those people to the hospital. this becomes a real standardized but law enforcement has a way to standardize the way they react to these things and control the city. but as soon as they start pulling people out, they have to start looking at the injured. i'm looking at the picture of that. >> look at that bus. the left side is shattered and gone. >> i'm not sure how fast they were going in this. but we have a couple problems here. potentially speed and also the duck boats are open canopy u. so if somebody doesn't have a seat belt, they could b...

We look at that bus and what is missing on the left side of the bus, you make a great point about how high up the duck boat would be to hit the side of the bus. >> ordinarily when you have a charter bus like that, you would be riding high up. most collisions the impact would happen below you. in this case, you have a high riding vehicle with a long nose on the front. it seems like a bad situation because the nose of that duck boat is level to the passengers. >> here's a detail we got from our seattle affiliate komo. one witness on the duck boat told the news station that the duck veered out of...

Really action orienoriented. when they see something that needs to be done, that's their focus. sometimes the more emotional stuff comes out a little later. right now on scene, the incident and what it entails and asked of the firefighters, those are the easy parts. we're really action oriented. this is what we train for. >> i don't know exactly, but my understanding the majority of the injuries were from the patients on the bus. the significant injuries. >> who was heading north and south? >> from the firefighters standpoint, we're just focusing on taking care of the patients. the other infor...

Ask how enbrel can help relieve joint pain and help stop joint damage. enbrel, the number one rheumatologist-prescribed biologic. want to come back to our breaking news. this is just one of the many who were injuried in that collision between a charter bus and a duck boat there. this is highway 99, this thes aurora bridge which will be closed for hours and hours because of what you're looking at. two people have been killed. according to fire, nine people in critical condition. 12 with nonlife threatening injuries but all have been taken to the hospital. 90 firefighters there on the scene. w...

Much damage was done. it looks like that might have gone into the bus, but these are older vehicles not necessarily design designed to be driving on roadway. these are transport vehicles. >> i'm being told we have newer pictures from the scene. this is what you're looking at on the right-hand side. these are ground level shots. first responders, shattered glass, the triage area, the back boards, all responding to this. if you're just joining us here, it's a breaking situation and an awful situation on this bridge. this is the highway 99 aurora bridge in the seattle, washington, area. the bridg...