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Ride the Ducks vehicle crunches car in downtown Seattle

Jun 23, 2016, 8:30 PM | Updated: 10:28 pm

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A Ride the Ducks vehicle crunched the rear end of a car in downtown Seattle on June 23, 2016. (KIRO 7)

(KIRO 7)

A Ride the Ducks driver was issued a ticket after their massive vehicle drove onto the rear end of a small sedan.

The amphibious vehicle collided with the small car at 5th Avenue and Pine Street around 6 p.m. Thursday. KIRO 7 reports that the driver received a ticket for the collision.

Related: Ride the Ducks lawsuits challenged because families don’t live in U.S.

A tweet from @EmmaMayberry, who witnessed the incident, notes that the Duck didn’t see the car that was parked ahead of it; the driver was attempting to get out of the way of an oncoming ambulance.

The collision comes just over two months after another collision involving a Ducks vehicle and a small car. Many have been watching the tour company since a tragic crash in September 2015 killed five people and injured many more. Ride the Ducks was allowed to begin tours again in January.

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