Police make DUI arrest in Lynnwood, WA following four-vehicle highway crash

LYNNWOOD, Wash. - Multiple people were injured by a four-vehicle crash involving a semi-truck on Saturday, shutting down every lane of I-5 North except the HOV lane in Lynnwood.

Timeline:

Trooper Kelsey Harding, a spokesperson for the Washington State Patrol, first posted to social media at 4:38 a.m. warning the public the crash had blocked nearly the entire northbound side of the freeway.

Detectives on scene told FOX 13 that troopers arrested one person for a suspected DUI, but did not identify which driver it was. The driver of the semi-truck remained at the scene and cooperated with detectives, who said he is not a suspect in the investigation.

WSP said multiple people involved in the crash are injured, including one person who was sent to a local hospital with serious injuries, but the identities and the extent of their injuries were unknown by mid-morning.

The crash investigation shut down four lanes of the freeway for about five hours on Aug. 1, creating a backup more than a one-mile near Alderwood Mall, according to the WSDOT Travel Center Map. Multiple drivers told FOX 13 they were delayed by up to an hour because of the crash.

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