Deadly motorcycle crash shuts down northbound I-5 in Bellingham

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — All lanes of northbound Interstate 5 were closed in Bellingham early Thursday after a fatal crash.

According to the Washington State Patrol, at 12:30 p.m., a motorcycle was headed north on I-5 when it didn’t make the curve at Northwest Avenue and went off the road to the left.

The motorcycle hit the barrier on the left shoulder, ejecting the driver onto I-5.

The driver, a 20-year-old Bellingham man, was taken to PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center, where he died.

Troopers closed the northbound lanes while they investigated.

The freeway reopened shortly before 6 a.m.

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