Driver follows GPS onto Seattle light rail tracks at Mount Baker Station, disrupting service for two hours
Jun 3, 2026, 6:40 AM | Updated: 3:01 pm
Transit Safety crews help a driver after she drove her car onto the light rail tracks at Mount Baker Station. (Photo courtesy of Reddit Seattle)
(Photo courtesy of Reddit Seattle)
Sound Transit’s 1 Line light rail service was disrupted for two hours Tuesday evening after a driver drove onto the elevated tracks at the Mount Baker Station.
DUBSEA, an Instagram account documenting news, lifestyle, and culture within Seattle, published video of the incident.
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According to witnesses at the scene, the driver said she was following her GPS, which led her to drive onto the tracks. The driver even drove a “significant distance” on the tracks before getting stuck.
No injuries were reported from the incident. The driver, a 70-year-old woman, exited the car after receiving assistance from Seattle Fire and was taken to the hospital. The car was stuck on the northbound tracks.
The power to the tracks was shut off so emergency crews could remove the car, according to Sound Transit. SODO to Federal Way, Beacon Hill to Lynnwood and Federal Way, Mount Baker to Lynnwood and Federal Way, Columbia City to Lynnwood and Federal Way, and Othello to Lynnwood were all affected by this incident. Service resumed at approximately 9 p.m.
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