OLYMPIA, Wash. -- An analysis of Ride the Ducks, Seattle, LLC found 442 violations of motor carrier safety rules or laws, according to the Utilities and Transportation Commission.
In a report released Tuesday, the commission recommended the company be allowed to resume operations with half of its amphibious vehicle fleet.
The UTC will hold a hearing Monday morning in Olympia to determine if Ride the Ducks will be allowed to return to service.
The commission is authorized to charge the company up to $1,000 for each violation.
Attorneys for a Seattle tour company involved in a deadly crash say there will be full cooperation into the accident that killed five people, and said that if ultimately returned to the road, the boats will no longer use the bridge that was the site of the crash.
Duck officials promised never to use the Aurora Bridge again, if the duck vehicles were allowed back on the road.
Four international college students died at the scene of the Sept. 24 crash, and a fifth – a 20-year-old woman – died days later.
They were among about 45 students and staff from North Seattle College who were on the charter bus when the tourist-carrying duck boat swerved into it on the Aurora Bridge, a six-lane span with no median barrier.
Here's what the UTC recommended: