Jury awards $1.4 million to UW students injured in bus crash heading to Apple Cup
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SEATTLE - A jury has awarded over $1.4 million to four University of Washington marching band students injured in a bus crash in 2018 as the group was headed to Pullman to perform at the Apple Cup.
The driver of the bus was going too fast for the icy conditions on Interstate-90, Washington State Patrol said. The bus slid off the interstate and rolled onto its side. There were also no seatbelts on the bus.
Forty-five of the 56 people on board were injured.
A total of $1,482,200 was distributed among the four students that filed a lawsuit against charter bus company MTRWestern.
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April 9, 2021 11:16 AM Associated Press
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SEATTLE (AP) A jury has awarded four former marching band students at the University of Washington more than $1.4 million after they were injured in a bus crash on their way to a football competition with rival Washington State University.
Students Alexia Brown, Edith Myers-Power, Monica Mursch and Jacob Koreen sued the charter bus company MTRWestern, KOMO-TV reported Thursday.
Herrmann Law Group, which represented the four students, said there was ice on the road and that the bus driver failed to slow down, lost control and crashed. The bus did not have seatbelts.
The marching band students were headed to the 2018 Apple Cup in Pullman when the charter bus rolled onto its side near the town of George, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) from the students’ destination. Authorities said 45 of the 56 people aboard the bus were injured.
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UW band members awarded $1.4 million after bus crash on way to 2018 Apple Cup
Four members of the UW marching band were awarded more than $1.4 million after their charter bus crashed in icy conditions in November 2018. Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 11:07 AM PDT April 9, 2021
SEATTLE A King County jury awarded more than $1.4 million Thursday to four University of Washington band members involved in a bus crash on the way to the 2018 Apple Cup.
The bus, which was charted through MTR Western, crashed near George, Wash. on Nov. 22, 2018 after the driver lost control in icy conditions and struck a ditch. The driver was later cited for driving too fast for the conditions.
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