SEATTLE — Authorities say a large commercial truck filled with a load of fish overturned Tuesday afternoon, blocking a section of the southbound lanes of Highway 99 in south Seattle and starting a domino effect of gridlock that stalled rush-hour traffic for hours.
Seattle police say the truck driver was taken to Harborview Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. Police say they’ll be investigating whether any violations are involved.
KING-TV reports that some people stuck on buses on the affected highway decided to get off and walk.
As the hours passed, traffic ground ever slower on surface streets and Interstate 5 through Seattle.
At one point, city transportation officials said a cross-town trip in a different area of the city — from Elliott Bay to I-5 — took an hour. That’s a distance of a little more than a mile.
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