LAPUSH — A Quileute Tribal School bus driver, found unconscious in the bus he had been driving on state Highway 110 this morning, has died, the State Patrol reported.
Spokesman Trooper Russ Winger said the State Patrol believes that the driver, Lloyd Hatch, 63, experienced a “medical event” while on his way to pick up students.
There were no students in the bus, a 2009 Bluebird model, at the time.
A passing motorist at 6:24 a.m. attempted to revive the driver and called emergency responders, he said.
“He was transported to Forks Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead,” Winger said.
The bus was found in a ditch at Milepost 7, and was partially blocking Highway 110. Troopers said the vehicle was undamaged and was removed by the tribal school.
Two State Patrol troopers are investigating the death as a non-traffic fatality, Winger said.
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