Bus driver has fatal heart attack while on route in Seattle

Published 1:30 am Saturday, November 19, 2016

Associated Press

SEATTLE — Authorities say a Metro Transit bus driver had a fatal heart attack while driving in Seattle on Thursday night.

King County Department of Transportation officials said 63-year-old Sam Williams was driving on Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct just south of downtown when said he was having a heart attack.

Officials said he became semiconscious and that passengers came to his aid as they noticed the bus swerving at slow speeds.

Officials said one passenger helped bring the bus to a stop about six inches from the viaduct’s guardrail while others helped remove Williams from his seat and began performing CPR.

Officials said a retired police officer driving behind the bus also stopped to help.

Williams was pronounced dead at a Seattle hospital.

Williams started as a part-time driver in 2010 and became full-time in 2014.