A crash involving a Ride The Ducks vehicle and a red Camry partially blocked traffic on Mercer Street near 5th Avenue on Thursday afternoon.
Seattle Department of Transportation tweeted about the crash at 3:11 p.m. near Seattle Center. A witness tells KIRO 7 News that the two vehicles were turning left from Mercer to 5th.
Seattle Fire Department reports no injuries.
A crash is blocking SB 5th Ave N at Mercer St and partially blocking WB Mercer St at 5th Ave N. Use caution. pic.twitter.com/cRhqIWmUwY
— seattledot (@seattledot) March 31, 2016
Duck boat and vehicle collide at 5th and Mercer in Seattle pic.twitter.com/MTQH0sTLiJ
— Dave Wagner (@DaveKIRO7) March 31, 2016
Juxtaposition. Another Duck Bus tour passes by where a Duck Bus hit this red Camry @KIRO7Seattle pic.twitter.com/TrALNdyBL0
— Rob Munoz (@RobKIRO7) March 31, 2016
Witness to Duck Bus crash at 5th and Mercer @KIRO7Seattle pic.twitter.com/8LfYz0m4lS
— Rob Munoz (@RobKIRO7) March 31, 2016
Seattle police are investigating the crash and have not said which driver may be at fault.
Ride the Ducks re-launched its passenger service in mid-January -- resuming service for the first time since the fatal crash last year on the Aurora Bridge that killed five people.
Changes were made to the sightseeing company's tour route. Ride the Ducks has agreed it will no longer travel over the Aurora Bridge.
The company also agreed it would not allow drivers of the amphibious tour vehicles to engage in tour narration while driving, which is why the crew is now made up of two people: a driver and a tour guide.
In the start of March, KIRO 7 News reported that Ride the Ducks agreed to pay $110,000 in penalties for safety violations.
Regulators with the Utilities and Transportation Commission filed an agreement with the company on March 17, in which Ride the Ducks admitted violating 463 motor carrier safety rules, 159 of which are classified as acute or critical to protecting public safety.
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