SPOKANE– Traffic backed up on I-90 due to a multi-car wreck just west of downtown Spokane Wednesday just before rush hour.

Officials say a multi vehicle collision occurred in the right chute over Latah Creek bridge between US195 and Maple.

Witnesses say the accident involved at least 3 vehicles .

Traffic is backed up to Geiger eastbound.
People are seen getting out of their cars on the highway.
There is no information on any injuries or what caused the wreck.

NWCN.com

Posted on August 17, 2011 at 4:32 PM

Updated yesterday at 5:49 PM

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LAKEWOOD, Wash. — Washington State Patrol is investigating a fatal accident involving a box truck and a van on I-5 in Lakewood that backed up traffic for several hours Monday morning.

The accident happened around 3:30 a.m. on northbound I-5 just north of Highway 512. West Pierce Fire & Rescue units said a large moving truck rear ended a mini-van that had stopped in the middle lane of I-5. The impact crumpled the metal of the van, trapping the occupants inside.

Rescuers and paramedics rushed to the scene and cut through the van’s metal to get to the passengers. The passenger in the back seat of the van, a 24-year-old Lacey woman, was killed.

Two people in the front seats of the van were injured and taken to a hospital. State troopers say their injuries were non-life threatening. The driver of the moving van was transported to a hospital for neck injuries.

“It appears the van began becoming disabled, slowing down if not coming to a stop on the freeway,” said Washington State Trooper Guy Gill. “The driver of the semi truck indicated the van came over from lane one into lane two and he struck the rear of the van at that time.”

At the height of the closure, three left lanes of northbound I-5 were blocked. Washington State Patrol re-opened the lanes around 8:30 a.m.

by KING 5 News

KING5.com

Posted on August 15, 2011 at 5:08 AM

Updated today at 12:04 PM

Retrieved from: http://www.king5.com/home/Deadly-car-versus-semi-accident-slows-traffic-near-Lakewood-127724408.html

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Four people were injured Thursday morning in a rollover
crash on Interstate 5 near Mount Vernon, including a 3-month-old baby boy that
suffered serious head injuries when he was ejected from the vehicle.

The
crash happened shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday just north of the Kincaid Street
exit, the Washington State Patrol said. All northbound lanes of Interstate 5
were blocked for about an hour after the accident.

Trooper Keith Leary
says a Honda Pilot SUV was heading north on I-5 when it slammed into a concrete
barrier on the left side of the roadway and rolled over.

The 3-month-old
baby and the baby’s car seat were ejected in the crash, Leary said. He said the
baby boy somehow became separated from the car seat as he was thrown from the
SUV and was found lying on the ground in a separate location.

“Something
we’ll be looking at is … whether the child and the car seat were properly
secured,” Leary said. “This definitely should not have happened, and we are
looking at … why both of those came out of the car.”

The SUV was being
driven by the baby boy’s mother, a 27-year-old woman from Surrey, British
Columbia. Also in the vehicle were the woman’s two daughters, aged 6 and
7.

The woman and her three children were rushed to Skagit Valley
Hospital.

At first the baby’s injuries did not appear to be severe, but
closer examination found that the child sustained serious injuries to the head.
The baby was then airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for
treatment.

The driver sustained arm and head injuries. The two girls,
who were wearing seatbelts, received minor injuries.

The driver later
told state troopers she was startled after driving over the rumble strip. She
attempted to correct back into her lane when she lost control, crashed into the
barrier on the left side of the freeway and rolled over.

Drugs and
alcohol are not a factor in the crash, Leary said.

Troopers were able to
open up the shoulder to allow traffic to pass just after noon, but the backup
was extensive.

By KOMO Staff Published:
Aug 11, 2011 at 11:56 AM PDT
Last Updated: Aug 11, 2011 at
4:40 PM PDT

Retrieved from: http://www.komonews.com/news/local/127538698.html

Don’t let corporate interests corrupt Washington’s State’s workers’ comp. system! Right now, Washington pays out the 3rd highest benefits to injured workers while its costs are 5th lowest in the country. Although far from perfect, it is clear that our system in Washington State protects workers who are injured on the job and prevents them from falling prey to profit-greedy insurance companies.

Police say a man killed in a crash early Friday was speeding when he lost control and ran off the road near the intersection of Bridgeport Way and Custer Road.

Lt. Dave Guttu said the car flew about 160 feet off the road and slammed into a tree.

The 20-year-old Lakewood man who was behind the wheel died at the scene. His name has not been released.

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