Crime & Safety
6-Mile Backup Due To Collision, Tree Down
WSDOT is saying to seek alternate routes if you were planning on taking SR 167 this morning.
KENT, WA - An initial traffic crash followed by a downed tree - that caused more collisions - has traffic at a standstill on northbound SR 167 this morning. The Department of Transportation is reporting that while the road has been cleared since the crashes, there's still a six-mile backup. The initial collision was near the 84th Avenue South exit around 5 a.m. and shut down two lanes.
Another crash was reported at the intersection of southbound I-405 and 167 blocking the HOV lane around 6 a.m.
There's some congestion on I-5 too, but it's still preferable to the mess on 167. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Bonney Lake-Sumner Patch, click here to find your local Washington Patch. Also, follow us on Facebook, and if you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)
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NB 167 has a 6-mile backup; NB 5 seeing backups too, but better than 167. pic.twitter.com/inDYf2dGlL
— WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) November 1, 2017
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