A wild series of events — involving a semi-truck carrying shrimp and cheesecake catching fire, followed by a fleeing SUV crashing into multiple vehicles including first responders — has led to serious traffic issues on northbound I-5 near Lakewood & Joint Base Lewis McChord Monday morning.
According to Washington State Patrol, multiple crews were on scene of a semi-truck fire early Monday morning, including WSP, firefighters and Washington State Department of Transportation members. Around 3:50 a.m., WSP says a SUV entered the scene of the fire and was involved in a collision with two fire trucks, a patrol car, a WSDOT vehicle as well as another civilian vehicle.
The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office had been pursuing the vehicle, but terminated the pursuit as the vehicle was continuing north on I-5 prior to the collision.