LYNNWOOD — Traffic tangled on southbound I-5 in Lynnwood on Tuesday night after a woman got out of her car to try to save some ducks in the freeway.

Around 7:15 p.m., the woman was southbound on the highway just south of 44th Avenue W, said Trooper Keith Leary with the Washington State Patrol. There was a duck and ducklings in the freeway.

She pulled onto the shoulder, got out of the car and tried to corral the ducks, Leary said. She also tried to stop traffic.

A semitruck that was headed toward the woman avoided her but hit her car, jackknifed and hit another vehicle. The crash slowed traffic for hours.

No injuries were reported. Two ducks did, however, die.

People were lucky there weren’t worse impacts to human life, Leary said.

“As much as we all love animals, citizens should not stop and attempt to corral animals on the freeway,” he said.

The woman faces possible charges of disorderly conduct, he said.