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Two northbound I-5 lanes blocked Wednesday morning near JBLM after crash

Update: The Washington State Department of Transportation tweeted at 8:21 a.m. that this collision has been cleared.

A two-car collision blocked two lanes of northbound Interstate 5 near the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Main Gate Wednesday morning starting at 7:45 a.m., according to Washington State Patrol.

Nobody was injured in the crash, according to Trooper Johnna Batiste, but the cars were unmovable as of about 8 a.m.

“Thankfully, northbound traffic is lighter than southbound” at this time of day, Batiste said. She expected the scene would be cleared by 8:30 a.m.

This story was originally published February 5, 2020 at 8:07 AM.

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