An accident involving two cars and a motorcycle are blocking the left two lanes of eastbound state Route 512 near Lakewood, according to the state Department of Transportation.
The 6 p.m. collision occurred at Steele Street.
Traffic is backed up about a mile onto Interstate 5.
A water line on 3rd Street Northeast in Auburn between Auburn Way North and D Street Northeast is scheduled to be replaced this week.
City officials say the westbound lanes will be closed from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday while the work is performed.
Eastbound lanes will remain open but drivers are warned that delays are expected.
An injury collision involving a car and a motorcycle is blocking the two northbound lanes of state Route 167 near Puyallup, according to the state Department of Transportation.
The 8:40 p.m. crash occurred at 72nd Avenue.
UPDATED, 9:56 a.m.: All lanes of northbound I-5 near Berkeley are clear. Expect delays until backup dissipates.
POSTED EARLIER: A vehicle fire still blocks the two right lanes on northbound Interstate 5 at the Berkeley Exit in Lakewood, the Washington State Department of Transportation reports.
Motorists in the area should expect delays.
Washington State Patrol and fire units are on scene.
Stacia Glenn reported this in today’s paper:
Work will begin today to stabilize a steep hill where a pair of mudslides closed West Valley Highway in Sumner several days ago.
The road could be open as soon as Saturday, said city spokeswoman Carmen Palmer.
Tacoma police and fire department units have responded to an accident on Pacific Avenue just north of South 72nd Street.
The accident has closed the northbound lanes.
A Tacoma Fire Department spokesman said the T-bone accident is not serious.
A Toyota truck and a school bus collided in Gig Harbor this afternoon, injuring one student and a passenger in the truck.
The truck and bus were traveling east on state Route 302 about 2:30 p.m. when the bus stopped for traffic at 144th Street Northwest and the truck ran into it, according to the State Patrol.
One of the 37 children on board the bus sustained minor injuries.
A 16-year-old boy who was a passenger in the Toyota was taken to St. Anthony’s Hospital after he complained of neck and back pain.
The 17-year-old boy who was driving the …
UPDATE: Sumner officials say the West Valley Highway in Sumner will remain closed overnight because small mudslides are still occurring in the area.
Earlier, they had estimated that the highway would reopen at 4:30 p.m.
INITIAL POST: The West Valley Highway in Sumner is expected to reopen about 4:30 p.m., nearly a dozen hours after an early morning mudslide shut down the road from 24th Street on the north to Sumner Heights Drive on the south.
City crews have spent the day cleaning up the debris that tumbled off the mountain about 5 a.m. Public Works crews and police are …