UPDATE: The BNSF freight train – three engines pulling 93 cars – was westbound when it hit the woman, who was traveling southbound on 12th Street Northwest, McDonald said. The train hit the rear of her car, which was lucky for her, he said.

Still, she was taken to the hospital with some injuries, and she’s looking at a fine for driving past the gates, McDonald said.

The crossing is expected to be closed for another half hour or so, he added.

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Tacoma police and responded to a car vs. Tacoma Rail train crash early this morning in the 2000 block of Marine View Drive on the Tacoma tideflats.

Fire Department spokesman Joe Meinecke said the call came in at 1:04 a.m. He said a person in the car was taken to the hospital.

Tacoma Rail spokeswoman Chris Gleason said they were moving the train across the road when a motorist drove around a flagger and hit the back end of a rail car.  She said the flagger was waving his sign frantically but she simply drove around him.

She said employees …

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