King County Metro driver is dead after he was stabbed onboard the bus he was driving in the University District.
It happened around 3 a.m. Wednesday on the bus in the 4100 block of University Way NE near the University of Washington (UW) campus, according to the Seattle Police Department. Photos and video from the scene show the bus cordoned off with crime scene tape and officers searching the area.
Detectives said the 59-year-old driver made it a few steps to a nearby alley, where he collapsed. Officers arrived to find a man with stab wounds to his chest. Seattle Fire Department medics arrived and pronounced the driver dead at the scene. An SPD spokesperson said the driver was stabbed after a fight on the bus.
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