Crash that caused ‘big distraction,’ major backups on NB I-5 into Seattle cleared
Jun 23, 2016, 6:29 AM
A crash that temporarily blocked all lanes of NB I-5 into Seattle jammed up the Thursday morning commute. (WSDOT)
(WSDOT)
A crash that blocked all lanes of northbound I-5 into Seattle Thursday was at least partially cleared before 6 a.m. But it already did its damage to the morning commute.
Uh oh…first crash of the am- all lanes blocked right now on NB I-5 north of Dearborn, downtown Seattle. pic.twitter.com/7xrx3u4Zlz
— Alexis Smith (@AlexisKIRO7) June 23, 2016
The crash was partially pushed out of the way near Dearborn around 5:30 a.m. However, it continued to block two lanes until just before 6:30.
IRT is hard at work already this morning. Two lanes of NB 5 just past Dearborn are clear. Fire headed to the scene. pic.twitter.com/ADD6LMsqaV
— WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) June 23, 2016
The state says the crash involving an unknown amount of vehicles was a “big distraction” getting into downtown.
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