Local briefly: Overturned truck hard to clear from U.S. 2

STEVENS PASS — It took more than six hours on Friday to move an overturned semi-truck from U.S. 2 just west of Stevens Pass.

“It’s kind of like dealing with a beached whale,” Washington State Patrol trooper Kirk Rudeen said.

The truck, hauling fruit, was headed eastbound about 9:30 a.m. when it was hit by a pickup truck. The pickup truck driver was trying to pass the big rig when he lost control and slid into the cab of the semi-truck, Rudeen said. The pickup wedged itself into the cab and the big rig hit the snowbank and overturned, Rudeen said.

No one was hurt.

The pears and apples had to be unloaded before a tow truck could remove the semi-truck, Rudeen said.

Lynnwood: Stabbing victim identified

An 18-year-old Lynnwood man who died after he was beaten and stabbed Dec. 6 has been identified as James Carlberg, according to the Snohomish County medical examiner.

Carlberg was left to die on the corner of Admiralty Way and 156th Street SW. Police believe a boy, 15, hit him in the head with a pool cue before Dustin Powell, 20, allegedly stabbed him in the chest with a knife, according to court documents.

Carlberg died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Powell and the boy were jailed for investigation of second- degree murder.