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S. Korean student injured in Seattle bus crash sues duck boat operator

October 5, 2015
A tour bus, right, and a chartered passenger bus, left, remain on the Aurora Ave. Bridge following a fatal crash earlier in the day, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015 in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

A tour bus, right, and a chartered passenger bus, left, remain on the Aurora Ave. Bridge following a fatal crash earlier in the day, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015 in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

SEATTLE (AP) — A 21-year-old South Korean college student injured in a deadly bus crash is suing the operator of an amphibious vehicle and the company that refurbished the so-called duck boat.

Na Ra Yoon sued Monday in King County Superior Court, seeking unspecified damages against Ride the Ducks of Seattle; Ride the Ducks International, which refurbished the vehicle; and an unidentified driver.

Yoon, a student from South Korea, and others from North Seattle College were riding in the charter bus when the duck boat struck it Sept. 24, killing five people. The complaint says she was knocked unconscious and suffered hand fractures.

Lawyer Charles Hermann says Ride the Ducks International should have warned the Seattle franchise about dangerous flaws in the vehicle.

A message left with Ride the Ducks International wasn’t immediately returned. A franchise spokesman says he didn’t anticipate the Seattle company would comment until the investigation was complete.