Crash creates major backups on I-5 through Seattle

Traffic on southbound I-5 was backed up for hours after lumber spilled all over the freeway following a crash involving a semi-truck Wednesday morning.

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Traffic was being diverted off the freeway until a single lane reopened around 11:30 a.m. Drivers were forced to use the collector-distributor lanes to navigate around the crash.

All southbound lanes of I-5 reopened just before 1 p.m.

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