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Update: Road cleared following collision on state Route 167

A collision blocked southbound lanes on state Route 167 in Sumner, leading to backups extending up toward Auburn, Wash., Friday, Sept. 19, 2025.
A collision blocked southbound lanes on state Route 167 in Sumner, leading to backups extending up toward Auburn, Wash., Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. Courtesy

Update:

The collision at about 4 p.m. on southbound state Route 167 was a car vs. motorcycle crash, Washington State Patrol spokesperson Kameron Watts told The News Tribune.

No injuries have been reported, he wrote in a text message.

The Washington State Department of Transportation posted on X at 5 p.m. that the road has been cleared.

Original post:

Traffic is backed up from Auburn to Sumner following a collision on southbound state Route 167 near the interchange with state Route 410 late Friday afternoon.

The collision occurred at 4:15 p.m. at milepost 7.05, blocking the southbound lanes, the Washington State Department of Transportation posted on X.

The department’s real-time travel map shows traffic is stop-and-go on state Route 167 from the interchange with state Route 410 to the interchange with state Route 18.

This story was originally published September 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM.

Julia Park
The News Tribune
Julia Park is the Gig Harbor reporter at The News Tribune and writes stories about Gig Harbor, Key Peninsula, Fox Island and other areas across the Tacoma Narrows. She started as a news intern in summer 2024 after graduating from the University of Washington, where she wrote for her student paper, The Daily, freelanced for the South Seattle Emerald and interned at Cascade PBS News (formerly Crosscut).
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