A traffic nightmare in Kent this afternoon as people were
stuck on the I-5 because of a 45 car pile
up.
One Cairo 7 viewer got out and shot this video
showing one damaged vehicle after another and this mess lasted
for hours.
As soon as we got on the freeway, it was
just like chaos.
Chaos for Cecilia Gully and hundreds of people caught in
a 45 car pile up on I-5 S and Kent
Sunday afternoon.
This was like so abrupt and so random.
It seemed like everyone in the world was driving at
myself all at the same time.
Washington State Patrol says it started with a collision just
before 1:30, and that caused a chain reaction and that
led to a traffic backup that stretched for five miles.
Gully says she was stuck in traffic for more than
an hour.
And people are freaking out.
They're driving through each other.
You see.
Ambulance flying past on the shoulder.
You see people almost hitting each other because people just
really want to get off the freeway.
All southbound lanes were shut down.
Traffic was diverted to SR-516AS.
Damaged vehicles were taken off the road.
The road reopened just after 4.
Despite the rain, State Patrol says weather was not to
blame.
I mean, this is really related to people just going
too fast and as we get into the fall or
winter weather, it's going to be, you know, there's going
to be wet roadways, but we just need people to
slow down.
Troopers say there were some minor injuries, but no one
was seriously hurt.