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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

STA passenger injured in downtown crash

A car-bus collision blocked traffic Friday morning at First Avenue and Washington Street in downtown Spokane. (Rachel Alexander / The Spokesman-Review)
From staff reports

A passenger on a Spokane Transit Authority bus was injured Friday morning when the bus was struck by an SUV in downtown Spokane.

The bus was struck about 7 a.m. at Washington Street and First Avenue.

Michele Anderson, spokeswoman for the Spokane Fire Department, said a passenger on the bus was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injures.

Anderson said the driver of the SUV was cited.