SEATTLE — Divers west of Seattle on Sunday began inspecting the hull of a ferry that lost power and ran aground near Bainbridge Island.
A generator failure apparently played a role in the incident, affecting 596 passengers, 15 crew and 175 vehicles, according to Washington State Ferries, a division of the state Department of Transportation. The last passengers left the Walla Walla around 10 p.m. and a rising tide floated the ferry free around midnight, enabling tugs to tow it to Bremerton.
Passenger Haley Socha told The Seattle Times the ferry’s lights went out about 20 minutes into the voyage and the engines stopped. The lights came back on after a minute, followed by an alarm and announcement that the vessel had no propulsion and passengers should brace for impact.“Everybody’s been really nice and good to each other,” Socha told the Times.
Did Captain get a breathalyzer or no? Tell us the real story ffs instead of lipsticking the facts!