2021

LAKEWOOD, WA - A vehicle fire is blocking the exit ramp from northbound I-5 to Bridgeport Way SW, according to King 5. The incident was first reported at 12:18 p.m. on May 13, and is expected to continue affecting traffic until at least 1:02 p.m. No further details are available at this time. We...

LAKEWOOD, WA – A collision on I-5 blocked an overpass in Lakewood late last night, according to the WSDOT Tacoma. Collision on I-5 NB at MP 123.58 near Thorne Ln SW beginning at 11:09 pm on May 1, 2021 until further notice. The Thorne Ln SW overpass is blocked. — WSDOT Tacoma (@wsdot_tacoma) May...

LAKEWOOD, WA – A tractor-trailer crashed and overturned on Interstate 5 north after the driver fell asleep in Lakewood overnight on Wednesday. State Trooper Robert Reyer reported that the vehicle overturned in the northbound lanes near Berkeley Street Southwest shortly after midnight. After the driver fell asleep, the truck struck a cement barrier and...

LAKEWOOD, WA – Authorities were attending to a diesel fuel spill after a tractor-trailer began leaking on I-5 in Lakewood on Friday morning. According to Washington State Trooper Robert Reyer, the tractor-trailer became disabled in the northbound lanes near Bridgeport Way SW. For unknown reasons, the vehicle began leaking a large amount of diesel...

LAKEWOOD, WA – A collision on State Route 512 caused traffic delays and lane closures for about a half-hour in southeast Lakewood this afternoon, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation. Collision on SR 512 WB at MP 0 near I-5 beginning at 4:30 pm on March 27, 2021 until further notice. The...

LAKEWOOD, WA - KIRO 7 has reported additional details regarding the fatal car vs. bus crash that killed a woman in Lakewood last week. The 44-year-old woman had apparently been speeding when she collided with the back of a bus traveling south on I-5 near 96th Street at about 60 miles per hour. She...

LAKEWOOD, WA - A 44-year-old woman from Tacoma was killed in a car vs. bus collision on I-5 southbound at 96th Street Friday night, the Washington State Patrol reports. The woman was taken to an unspecified hospital, where she died. Two people were on the bus at the time, but neither was injured. Few...