MOUNT VERNON, Va. — Police say a tour bus overturned near George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate after being involved in a crash with a passenger car, leaving one person dead and 19 injured.
U.S. Park Police spokeswoman Sgt. Anna Rose said that 19 people were taken to hospitals following the crash Tuesday afternoon; three of those suffered critical injuries. She says the person who died was a bus passenger.
In an email, Rose said the mid-sized shuttle bus was carrying 18 foreign tourists and the driver. The car had two occupants.
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Police closed sections of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, which runs along the Potomac River between the nation’s capital and Mount Vernon.
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