29-year-old man injured in car vs. truck crash that slowed I-5 traffic Friday evening

A hit-and-run collision that slowed evening postulation Friday connected northbound I-5 sent a 29-year-old antheral to the hospital, but the operator of the different progressive conveyance is inactive unknown, according to a Washington State Patrol property memo sent Friday night.

The antheral from Tenino, Washington was transported to Tacoma General Hospital with injuries aft an unidentified vehicle, which WSP spokesperson John Dattilo told The News Tribune yesterday was a semi-truck, collided with his grey Audi successful lane 2 of the highway, according to the memo.

The incidental happened astatine milepost 124 successful the Lakewood country astatine 3 p.m., the memo said. The News Tribune reported that it closed 3 near lanes connected northbound I-5 adjacent Berkeley Avenue Southwest.

The authorities Department of Transportation posted connected X successful the hours pursuing astir the postulation backup that grew from six to 10 miles, from Thorne Lane successful Lakewood to the Meridian Road Northeast overpass successful Lacey.

Both vehicles were traveling northbound. The grey Audi was traveling successful lane 3 of 4 erstwhile it struck a obstruction connected the near and was redirected into lane two. That’s wherever the motortruck struck the Audi, aft the motortruck moved from lane 1 to lane two, the property memo said.

The motortruck near the scene, and the grey Audi “came to remainder perpendicular connected the near enarthrosis partially blocking the HOV lane,” according to the memo. The incidental blocked the roadway for an hr and 30 minutes.