Skagway mayor dies after being struck by DC bus

Skagway mayor Monica Carlson. (Photo by Emily Files, KHNS – Haines)

On Wednesday night, the mayor of Skagway and her mother were struck by a bus and killed in Washington, D.C. The D.C. Metropolitan Police say 61-year-old Monica Adams Carlson of Skagway, and 85-year-old Cora Louise Adams of Washington state were struck in a crosswalk near the National Mall.

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