1 arrested, 1 injured after suspected DUI rollover crash on Tacoma highway
A driver has been arrested after a rollover crash that injured a passenger in Tacoma on Thursday morning.
State Patrol was dispatched at around 5:35 a.m. to southbound Interstate 5 near East Bay Street and state Route 167 for the crash. Two of the right lanes and the off-ramp to Bay Street are closed, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.
It was a single-car crash with the vehicle flipped to its side. A passenger from the vehicle was taken to a hospital in stable condition but with serious injuries, state trooper Kameron Watts wrote on X.
The driver was arrested and troopers have begun a DUI investigation.
“If you need to access SR-167 or Portland Avenue, you’ll need to turn around at the next exit after Bay Street and access it from northbound I-5,” Watts wrote.
9 a.m. update: The roadway has reopened at East Bay Street, according to WSDOT in an update.
Before the roadway reopened, Watts wrote on X that a more in-depth and thorough investigation had to take place because of the nature of the injuries from the crash. The investigation has since been completed.
This story was originally published October 9, 2025 at 7:31 AM.
