2 dead; driver ‘saved lives,’ police say

Two folks had been killed and not less than 5 others had been injured Thursday throughout a capturing on a commuter bus and a subsequent crash in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, police stated.

Because the capturing unfolded, a quick-thinking bus driver plowed the bus by way of site visitors to succeed in a police station car parking zone, the place officers arrested the suspect, based on Fort Lauderdale Police Division Investigative Bureau Assistant Chief Luis Alvarez.

“Her actions, I’m certain, saved lives,” Alvarez stated in a press convention broadcast by an area tv station.

Three folks had been injured when the bus crashed into their car, police stated. Their accidents had been minor.

The suspect shot 4 folks on the Broward County Transit bus, based on officers. One of many capturing victims died on the scene, and one other later died at a hospital. The opposite two remained on the hospital.

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Authorities say they have not recognized a motive for the capturing but, however do not imagine there may be any additional risk to the general public.

Contributing: The Related Press