Rollover, suspected DUI crash closes I-5 lanes in SeaTac for 7 hours

SEATAC, Wash. — All lanes of northbound Interstate 5 were closed in SeaTac for 7 hours after a two-vehicle rollover crash early Thursday involving a suspected DUI driver.

During the height of the morning commute, traffic was backed up as much as 8 miles.

Troopers were called to the crash just south of South 188th Street at 1 a.m. When they arrived, they found a Kia Sportage on its roof and a Toyota Tacoma pickup in a ditch on the left side of the freeway.

Washington State Patrol Trooper Rick Johnson said the Kia was “traveling at a high rate of speed” when it rear-ended the pickup, throwing the driver of the Toyota from the truck.

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SeaTac rollover crash on I-5 The driver of a white vehicle that rear-ended a Toyota truck was arrested on suspicion of DUI and vehicular homicide. (KIRO 7 News)

The driver of the Kia -- a man suspected of DUI -- was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and will be booked into the King County Jail for investigation of vehicular assault.

The driver of the Toyota, who was thrown from his truck, is expected to be OK, Johnson said.

The drivers were the only people in the vehicles.

Johnson first believed only one vehicle was involved in the crash, but after arriving at the scene, he realized two vehicles were involved.

All northbound lanes reopened at around 8 a.m.

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