SEATTLE — Troopers with the Washington State Patrol are looking for a suspect who caused a crash on Interstate 5 south of Mercer Street in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood and then left the scene Tuesday morning.
Trooper Rick Johnson said the two-car hit-and-run crash happened around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. The driver of the car that caused the crash left the scene. The driver of the second car had non-life-threatening injuries as a result of the crash.
Troopers are currently looking for the driver who caused the crash.
Emergency responding crews arrived around 7:45 a.m. and cleared the crash scene, but one southbound express lane remained blocked as of 8 a.m.
The public is asked to prepare for delays and plan an alternative route.
There is no further information to provide at this time.
The right lane is blocked on the SB I-5 Express Lanes just south of Mercer St. in #Seattle for a collision. Prepare for delays and consider alternate routes. https://t.co/yHAep5VMQY pic.twitter.com/zKwREvGhSL
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