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Washington State Patrol says speed and intoxicants were factors in a crash on Interstate 5 Sunday night in Vancouver. Kevin W. Smith, 52, of Kelso was reportedly driving south on Interstate 5 about 6 p.m. in a 2002 Chrysler Sebring when he rear-ended a Honda Accord near Northeast 134th Street, according to state patrol. A juvenile passenger in the Accord was injured and transported to Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center. The passenger’s name was not released and her condition is unknown. Smith was also injured and taken to Legacy Salmon Creek.
The southbound Interstate 5 off-ramp to Oceanside Boulevard was shut down for several hours after a big rig overturned, according to Caltrans.
The incident was reported shortly before 11 a.m. and does not appear to involve any other vehicles.
The off-ramp was reopened at about 2:15 p.m.
No injuries were immediately reported.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
A collision on Interstate 5 south of Joint Base Lewis-McChord has killed one person when a pickup truck in the northbound lanes crossed the median into the southbound lanes and hit a box truck and a semi truck. The driver of the semi truck was killed. Two people in the box truck were uninjured. A person was trapped in the pickup, and it took an hour or more to extricate him.
A Sunday afternoon crash that sent a Portland family to the hospital with minor injuries led to the arrests of a two Medford residents wanted on outstanding felony warrants.
The incident began shortly after 4 p.m., when Oregon State Police officers were dispatched to a hit-and-run crash involving a silver 2001 BMW X5 sport utility vehicle that reportedly clipped a semi-trailer heading northbound along Interstate 5 near milepost 204.
A pedestrian was killed early Sunday morning in Old Town when he was run over by several vehicles on Interstate 5, the Medical Examiner's Office said.
The man, between 25 and 35 years old, was in the southbound lanes of the freeway north of Old Town Avenue when he was hit about 3:15 a.m., the office said.
He was dead when authorities arrived.
The victim’s name was not released.
Weather-related accidents have snarled Interstate 5 between Salem and Eugene early Friday morning.
Oregon State Police responded to multiple crashes on I-5 between Salem and Eugene due to hazardous road conditions. The trouble begins with ice and snow, which covers the surface of roadways at depths of between 2 and 5 inches.