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Driver slides on snowy hill, crashes on Light Rail tracks

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Posted on January 11, 2011 at 10:29 PM

Updated Wednesday, Jan 12 at 12:23 AM

Car rolled over on Light Rail tracks
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TUKWILA, Wash. – The driver of a car on a snowy, slick hill lost control and ended up crashing onto the Sound Transit Central Link Light Rail tracks Tuesday night, causing a disruption in train service.

The accident happened around 9 p.m. along Interstate 5 at S. 144th Street.

Tukwila Police say the car was headed eastbound on S. 144th Street, which is a large hill. The car slid through an intersection, over an embankment and onto the tracks The car ended up on its roof.

The driver was able to get out and was not seriously hurt.

Sound Transit set up a bus bridge to ferry Light Rail riders between the Airport, Tukwila and Rainier Beach stations. Service was back to normal by 11 p.m.

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uinani74 said on January 12, 2011 at 2:49 PM

The driver is obviously not from this area. Brummers is a dangerous road in any type of weather. I'm sure Tukwila had this road closed and the driver didn't pay attention. Just glad everyone survived and is ok today.

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chuckstr76 said on January 12, 2011 at 11:26 AM

Let me get this straight, Snow Hill Seattle driver = Damage to car. This driver should have looked at the hill and went another way, But no, the city didnt close the road so its open, right, and once more, no common sence here.

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dakotanative said on January 12, 2011 at 10:40 AM

If accidents are not preventable, come up with one unpreventable accident. Everything is preventable other than death.

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localcitizen said on January 12, 2011 at 9:56 AM

To people in Tukwila this hill is known as "Bremers" & there WAS a "Road Closed" sign at the top - they didn't see it or ignored it. I saw a Semi start sliding halfway down this hill in (2007?) when we had all that snow before they were able to close it. This hill is dangerous in moderate conditions - but they obviously weren't going slow enough. (to give the person the benefit of the doubt - maybe they lived on the hill & were trying to get home... there are a lot of houses on that street... but then again they could have just parked at the Jr High School parking lot at the top & walked....) none-the-less this would be terrifying, I've had nightmares my whole life about falling down this hill (in a bike, skateboard, rollerblades, car, sled etc) - it is increadibly steep.

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jwalsh said on January 12, 2011 at 9:23 AM

Driver using not so good judgment but I have to ask, Why was the street not closed? Did we run out of street barriers? Orange barrels? Hate to think that this could have been avoided by the city thinking for those who obviously have the brain of a gnat.

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bazwest said on January 12, 2011 at 8:43 AM

That was probably pretty exciting for a few minutes.

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gladimoved said on January 12, 2011 at 8:37 AM

Silly Willy not only has a wrecked car but, if there was any damage to the rail, it will be their responsibility too. Why try driving up a "very steep hill" in this weather is beyond comprehension. SW probably regrets trying it. If this person was in a hurry, didn't do any good. Glad no one was hurt.

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epicure43 said on January 12, 2011 at 8:01 AM

This driver has skills like non other, the sharpest 'tool' in the shed for sure!

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abunker said on January 12, 2011 at 3:00 AM

It's sad to see anyone wreck there vehicle! But what were U thinking there Slick? Anyone on a steep snow covered road is not the brightest bulb in the box 'that's for sure' what I gather !

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jackwong said on January 12, 2011 at 2:31 AM

What a d*psh*t.

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cmeeverett said on January 12, 2011 at 1:52 AM

why did they call this an accident? Accidents aren't preventable. This person, i'm sure was at top of the snowy hill, & made a judgement call & proceeded down, without the experience & without the proper vehicle to do so on. And one look at their bald tires pretty much sums it up. This was NO accident, it looks like a drunk driver to me, even if they were sober, their brain still made all the wrong decisions.

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amberthyst said on January 12, 2011 at 12:15 AM

I've driven that hill in Tukwila many times through the years, both up and down, and it's horrendous! One of the steepest hills around; a lot like the McClellan hill on Beacon Hill. To attempt either in this kind of weather is foolish at best.

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underserf said on January 11, 2011 at 11:41 PM

whoops!

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