4-car crash causes mile-long backup on I-5 in South Seattle

SEATTLE A crash involving multiple vehicles caused traffic back ups in South Seattle on Saturday morning.

In total, four cars crashed on southbound I-5 at Spokane Street on June 21. The crash site and emergency responders blocked three of the leftmost lanes and the HOV lane, causing a backup stretching more than a mile.

The Seattle Fire Department reports that there were no serious injuries and that no one was trapped in their vehicles due to the crashes.

Lanes were slowly reopened about 45 minutes after initial reports of the crash came in to emergency stations.

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