1 dead after bus hijacked in D.C.

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A person has died after an individual hijacked a Metrobus in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, according to police.

The hijacking of what appears in photos to be a U6 bus took place around 11 a.m. The suspect entered the bus and put a pair of needle-nose pliers to the bus driver’s neck, police said. Though the bus driver soon got off the bus, he suffered a back injury in the process.

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