Serious crash blocks I-5 southbound in Everett

Published 9:30 am Friday, February 8, 2008

EVERETT – A serious collision on I-5 in south Everett critically injured a man and was blocking southbound traffic this morning, officials said.

The crash occurred around 6:30 near the Silver Lake rest area when a 30-year-old Everett man swerved his car into the carpool lane and was struck by a King County Metro Transit bus, said Kirk Rudeen, a Washington State Patrol spokesman.

The man was to be airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with serious injuries, Rudeen said.

The accident apparently was caused when the man couldn’t stop for traffic in front of him. His car struck another vehicle, then rebounded into the HOV lane and was hit by the bus.

No one else was injured, Rudeen said.

The carpool and left lanes on southbound I-5 in Everett likely will be blocked late into the morning as police investigate the crash, Rudeen said.

Southbound traffic was backed up about 5 miles into downtown Everett.