Pedestrian dies in collision on Interstate 5 in Tacoma; multiple traffic lanes blocked

A person died Friday morning in a collision on northbound Interstate 5 in Tacoma, according to the Washington State Patrol. Multiple lanes and an on-ramp from state Route 7 to the interstate were fully blocked.

The incident was reported at about 7:22 a.m. near East McKinley Way, the Washington State Department of Transportation wrote on Twitter. The three right lanes were blocked.

Details of the collision were not immediately available. Trooper Robert Reyer tweeted that the person killed was a pedestrian. Troopers, WSDOT and the Tacoma Fire Department responded to the scene.

Northbound traffic was stop and go for about two miles, according to WSDOT’s travel map.

This story was originally published May 12, 2023 at 8:22 AM.

Peter Talbot

The News Tribune

Peter Talbot is a criminal justice reporter for The News Tribune. He started with the newspaper in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at NPR in Washington, D.C. He also interned for the Oregonian and the Tampa Bay Times. Support my work with a digital subscription