A Vancouver commercial truck driver was involved in a non-injury semitruck accident early Tuesday that dumped scrap metal in the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 in Albany, blocking traffic for more than two hours, according to Oregon State Police.
Douglas West, 43, of Vancouver was making a right turn at about 11:35 a.m. from an on-ramp curve from Northeast Century Drive to northbound I-5 when the truck he was driving rolled onto its left side, dumping part of a 36,000-pound load of scrap metal. Both northbound lanes were blocked.
The Oregon Department of Transportation coordinated cleanup of the scene and reopened the lanes at about 1:30 p.m.
West, an employee of Joel Olson Trucking in Vancouver, was cited by OSP for careless driving.
