SUV Driver T-Bones Link Train. Service Disrupted in Sodo.

[Update 2: A reader sent in the scanner traffic reporting the incident. Listen below.]

[Update: Sound Transit worked through the night to fix track and signal damage, and service returned to normal Wednesday morning.]

Around 8:30pm Tuesday a person driving a white Chevy Tahoe SUV collided at high speed with Link at Holgate Street in Sodo. Reports from the scene indicate the driver drove around the crossing gates. The vehicle caused significant damage to LRV #136, collapsing doors and exposing insulation. A heavy police and fire response indicated that there were passenger injuries, but fortunately the vehicle seems to have collided with the luggage/bicycle storage area, minimizing injuries. As far as we know this is the first time a vehicle has penetrated the passenger areas of a Link train in regular service.

Photos from the scene are harrowing, but details are sparse at this hour. We hope to have more info in the morning.

Until further notice, likely through the end of service Tuesday, service is suspended between Beacon Hill and Stadium, with a bus bridge in place.

Nice hole in the side of the @SoundTransit train pic.twitter.com/5mPMvJ9l9M

- Stacey Hanson (@staceyhanson) February 22, 2017

Picture from the outside of the train pic.twitter.com/zPrTsjbvs7

- Stacey Hanson (@staceyhanson) February 22, 2017

Just got hit by something on @SoundTransit Link Light Rail. Terrifying pic.twitter.com/D8IqwXDpXB

- Stacey Hanson (@staceyhanson) February 22, 2017