Skagway Mayor Monica Adams Carlson, 61, and Cora Louise Adams, 85, killed in pedestrian collision with tour bus on Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.
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Video from the scene showed a tour bus parked on the street near a large area that was taped off by police.
Skagway mayor, mother die after being hit by DC bus
A representative of Sen. Sullivan, R-Alaska, confirmed that Carlson and Adams had toured the White House earlier Wednesday. They had only been in the city for a day when they were killed.
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The driver of the bus was identified as Gerard Derrick James, 45, of Baltimore. He was arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter.
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During an emotional sentencing hearing, D.C. Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson sentenced Gerard James, 46, to four years in prison, which was the maximum under the plea agreement James agree to with prosecutors in September. But citing James' "obvious remorse and contrition" in the case, she suspended all but six months.
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