Rash of accidents on county highways keep troopers busy
No serious injuries reported
A jackknifed tractor-trailer between Mill Plain Boulevard and State Route 500 backed up traffic in both directions of Interstate 205 on Sunday afternoon.
Originally published October 30, 2011 at 5:32 p.m., updated October 30, 2011 at 9:24 p.m.
Washington State Patrol troopers were swamped Sunday afternoon, investigating an estimated 16 traffic crashes.
No serious injuries were reported.
“We were just going from wreck to wreck,” a state patrol dispatcher said at midafternoon.
The accidents started about 12:25 p.m. and lasted into Sunday evening.
An estimated 10 accidents were on Interstate 205.
There also were crashes on state Highway 500, Highway 502, Highway 14, and Interstate 5.
Weather could have been a contributing factor because an estimated .29 of an inch of rain was recorded Sunday at Vancouver’s Pearson Field.
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