Car hauler hits bridge spanning I-5 in Lakewood; traffic snarled
A southbound car hauler struck a bridge spanning Interstate 5 near the Bridgeport Way exit in Lakewood on Friday afternoon, the State Patrol reported.
No one was injured, but a number of vehicles on the hauler were damaged and two lanes were blocked while the scene was cleaned up.
“Shockingly, not a scratch on anyone or any other cars!” Trooper Johanna Batiste tweeted from the scene.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’m at the scene southbound I5 just before Bridgeport where a car hauler carrying junk cars struck an overpass! The two right lanes are blocked while troopers and commercial vehicle enforcement officers investigate! <a href="https://t.co/cOk0N8hJkg">pic.twitter.com/cOk0N8hJkg</a></p>— Trooper Johnna Batiste (@wspd1pio) <a href="https://twitter.com/wspd1pio/status/1033107554677665793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
This story was originally published August 24, 2018 at 3:14 PM.