Highway 101 in Olympia closed on Friday morning after log truck tips in a multi-car collision

A four-vehicle collision caused minor injuries but shut down U.S. Highway 101 on Friday morning in Olympia. One of the vehicles, a log truck, was fully blocking the highway after the crash.

Washington State Trooper John Datillo said the wreck was reported at 7 a.m. Friday, Dec. 9 near Mud Bay Road Northwest. The log truck tipped over and spilled, causing logs to spill over one side of the highway.

Traffic in both directions was diverted off the highway with help from the Washington state Department of Transportation. Northbound travelers were directed to Evergreen Parkway Northwest and southbound to Mud Bay.

Two people were sent to an area hospital with minor injuries. Datillo said the road was expected to be closed for a while.

Olympia School District families were notified that the closure was delaying morning bus routes districtwide.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

This story was originally published December 9, 2022 at 8:08 AM.

Ty Vinson

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Ty Vinson covers the City of Olympia and keeps tabs on Tumwater and other communities in Thurston County. He joined The Olympian in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at the Northwest Indiana Times, the Oregonian and the Arizona Republic as a Pulliam Fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription