From Seattle station KOMO:
Driver T-bones moving Amtrak train in Burlington
Police say a woman drove around the crossing arms and T-boned a moving train Wednesday night in Burlington.
The woman was driving eastbound in the 400 block of Greenleaf Avenue at about 8:15 p.m. when she went around the railroad crossing arms and crashed into the side of an Amtrak train, according to Sgt. Kyle Spevacek with the Burlington Police Department.
The Amtrak engineer didn't initially realize the train had been hit and continued on roughly 30 miles before he noticed a part of the woman's car stuck in the side of the engine. The train finally stopped near Marysville to be inspected.
Police say the car was totalled in the crash, but the driver didn't appear to be seriously injured. Officers found her walking several blocks away and drove her to a nearby hospital to get checked out.
Spevacek said police plan on serving a search warrant at the hospital for a blood draw to determine if the woman was impaired at the time of the crash.
I am betting that the blood draw will show something. Geeeezzz - not noticing a moving train especially after driving around the barrier arms.
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