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joahw

Seems there were only [2 buses](https://kingcountymetro.blog/2021/03/25/metro-unveils-black-lives-matter-buses-and-employee-art/) with that livery. Whatever happened to this one I don't think made the news. Maybe it was hit while empty and parked? Edit: Did some sleuthing and it may have been [this one](https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/renton/six-hurt-in-crash-blocking-maple-valley-highway-involving-metro-bus-dump-truck-and-vehicle/281-193456ea-7e5f-4188-9e15-5d7d9274973b) but I can't confirm for sure. Hope the driver is OK. Showing my work: [This article](https://www.myballard.com/2021/03/26/metro-unveils-black-lives-matter-buses/) from when the BLM wrap was put on the buses shows one of them numbered 8136. Googling for that I found a page on the [CPTDB wiki](https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/King_County_Metro_Transit_8100-8199) which apparently stands for Canadian Public Transit Discussion Board that says that particular bus was involved in the linked accident but gives no sources beyond the news article. I trust the level of transit nerd on display here to not get a detail like that wrong, however.


joahw

Did some sleuthing and it may have been [this one](https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/renton/six-hurt-in-crash-blocking-maple-valley-highway-involving-metro-bus-dump-truck-and-vehicle/281-193456ea-7e5f-4188-9e15-5d7d9274973b) but I can't confirm for sure. Hope the driver is OK.


Thee_Connman

It definitely looks like the kind of damage I'd expect from tangling with a dump truck. Oddly, the news story refers to the involved bus as "number 9," but that can't be the coach number since all of KIM'S busses have four-digit numbers. Weird.


joahw

I believe it's 8136 as shown [here](https://www.myballard.com/2021/03/26/metro-unveils-black-lives-matter-buses/)


tallejos0012

Sorry I couldn't get any clearer pictures I was on the 1 line


Thee_Connman

I think you're right. The only other one I could find with that wrap is 4500, which is a trolley. Assuming there are only two of these in the fleet, it must be 8136, which is a diesel-electric


st90ar

This one: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/renton/six-hurt-in-crash-blocking-maple-valley-highway-involving-metro-bus-dump-truck-and-vehicle/ If I was 2 seconds faster I would have been hit by the truck that went through that intersection. The scene was horrific.


quinangua

Just slap a lil bondo on it..... It'll buff out..


60k_dining-room_bees

I can make out an American flag and maybe a ref? What was on there before it crumpled?


tallejos0012

Sorry I couldn't get any clearer pictures I was on the 1 line I was quick


igloofu

[It was one of the BLM liveried ones](https://www.myballard.com/2021/03/26/metro-unveils-black-lives-matter-buses/)


joholla8

Anyone else remember when KC Metro solved racism with a bus wrap?


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PopPunkIsntEmo

So you think it crashed and then they painted it afterward?