VIDEO: Passerby captures moment wrong-way DUI driver crashes into semi-truck before flames eruputed
PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. - A semi-truck caught fire after a wrong-way collision on I-5 near Joint Base Lewis-McChord's main gate on Tuesday afternoon. Backups were at least 6-miles each direction at rush hour.
Troopers said a wrong-way vehicle collided with a semi, but there were no serious injuries.
Backups were as long as 6-miles each direction Tuesday afternoon at rush hour.
Lanes were closed for several hours.
The Washington State Patrol, WSDOT, firefighters and medics all responded to the scene.
According to WSP, the driver of the SUV who went the wrong way was taken into custody for DUI.
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