(Updated at 11:35 p.m.) A woman was struck and pinned under a Metrobus in Crystal City tonight.
The incident happened just before 10:30 p.m. at the intersection of 15th Street S. and Eads Street.
Firefighters used heavy rescue equipment to raise the bus enough to free the woman. She transported via ambulance to the trauma center at George Washington University Hospital. Her injuries are described as non-life-threatening, authorities said.
Police are still on scene investigating the incident.
#ACFD on scene of a pedestrian struck and pinned under a bus. S. Eads at S. 15th St. Technical Rescue Team dispatched.
— Arlington Professional Firefighters (@IAFF2800) March 25, 2016
@WTOPtraffic ARL – Update: lots of work going on, FD Rescue Companies and Tech-Rescue Team lifting bus. #UseCaution
— 2 5 8 (@CAPT258) March 25, 2016
WOMAN STRUCK BY BUS, concious 30YOF taken to trauma center with lower body injs., 500-blk S. 15th St.-Arilington Co.
— Alan Henney (@alanhenney) March 25, 2016
#Update: Person trapped under the Metro Bus in Crystal City has been extricated & is being transported to a trauma center. #TechnicalRescue
— Arlington Fire & EMS (@ArlingtonVaFD) March 25, 2016
