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Sound Transit CEO Constantine’s contract, bonus show disconnect
The Sound Transit board rationalized the contract by citing what it called Constantine’s accomplishments, among them the launch of the eastbound train across Lake Washington and Sound Transit’s successfully serving thousands of soccer fans during the FIFA World Cup....
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Seattle light rail train and empty school bus collide
A light rail train struck the back end of an empty school bus Tuesday in South Seattle, for the second time in the last two years. No injuries were reported on the northbound 1 Line train following the “low- speed contact,” said Sound Transit spokesperson Henry...
Man, seriously wounded in Seattle stabbing, flees on light rail
A man suffered serious injuries in a stabbing Sunday afternoon in Pioneer Square, then boarded a nearby light rail train, according to authorities. Police responded to reports around 4:30 p.m. of a man on a light rail train who appeared to be bleeding from his...
Light rail train strikes man in South Seattle, hospitalizing him
A 36-year-old man survived being struck by a light rail train Sunday afternoon and was taken to Harborview Medical Center. The Seattle Fire Department responded to a report at 1:07 p.m. of a scooter collision with a train at Martin Luther King Jr. Way South and South...
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