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Car burns after I-5 crash

Published 10:18 pm Friday, April 10, 2009

LYNNWOOD — A Ford Escort burst into flames Friday after it rear-ended an SUV on I-5 near the 164th Street SW exit in Lynnwood.

One person received minor injuries in the crash and was taken to a nearby hospital, said Scott Schroeder, Snohomish County Fire District 1 battalion chief.

The accident happened shortly before 2 p.m. and snarled northbound traffic.

Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze.