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Minor injuries as private school bus rolls on I-5 exit near Mountlake Terrace

The Columbian
Published: February 15, 2015, 12:00am

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE — The Washington State Patrol says a bus carrying members of a private Christian high school basketball team crashed Saturday night, injuring 10.

Trooper Mark Francis says the 53-year-old female bus driver and nine basketball players were taken to local hospitals with lacerations and other minor injuries.

The bus left Mount Vernon and was heading southbound on Interstate 5 after 10 p.m. Saturday. The driver was exiting near Mountlake Terrace when she says her brakes didn’t work. The bus drifted into the shoulder and eventually rolled onto its left side.

Francis says the bus was carrying 16 people, including 12 teen basketball players and three coaches from King’s Schools in Shoreline. They were able to get out of the bus on their own.

He says the patrol does not believe alcohol played a role in the crash, but is investigating other contributing factors.

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