The Army’s top general and his staff were first responders to a bus crash in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night that left at least one person dead and three others wounded, according to a report.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and his staff came across the wreck while they were traveling in a convoy to Fort Myer in Virginia, the Associated Press reported, after a Metrobus collided with a car on a parkway in Southeast Washington.
Army Lt. Col. Rob Shaw said two soldiers helped remove a person from the car before it burst into flames and two others provided first aid to the individual until an ambulance arrived. The road was shut down by emergency personnel because of fuel leak from the bus.
Milley helped direct the initial response and assisted with first aid, according to a source who spoke to the AP.
They were unable to rescue another person in the vehicle because of the blaze. Fire and EMS officials said that individual was declared dead at the scene. A third passenger in the vehicle was taken to the hospital with reportedly critical and life-threatening injuries.
Shaw said the soldiers who helped wish to remain nameless because they “were simply doing what they believed was the right thing to do — using their military training to help others.”
