Divers west of Seattle on Sunday began inspecting the hull of a ferry that lost power and ran aground near Bainbridge Island.
Nobody was hurt when the Walla Walla ran aground in Rich Passage around 4:30 p.m. Saturday on its way from Bremerton to Seattle.
Passengers were kept onboard until two passenger-only vessels from Kitsap Transit began taking them to the slip at Bremerton around 8 p.m. Passengers collected their vehicles in Bremerton on Sunday morning, ferries spokesperson Diane Rhodes said.Divers began examining the ferry's hull around midday, Rhodes said.
One passenger who had an unrelated medical emergency had to be evacuated from the vessel, according to Washington State Ferries.
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