Truck carrying dynamite turns over on I-405

BOTHELL – Traffic was snarled during the evening commute Monday after a semi-truck hauling nine cases of dynamite overturned on southbound I-405.

Kevin Nortz / The Herald Traffic on I-405 in the Canyon Park area goes around an overturned truck that was carrying dynamite Monday evening.

The accident, involving the truck and a car, happened about 5:15 p.m. at Highway 527, in the Canyon Park area, according to the State Patrol.

The rig had been changing lanes on southbound I-405 at about 5 p.m. when it turned hard to the right to avoid stopped traffic, clipping another vehicle in the process, State Patrol spokesman Trooper Lance Ramsay said. The truck then clipped the guardrail and rolled onto its side.

Ramsay noted the dynamite posed no hazard because it was not hooked to blasting caps.

At about 8:15 p.m., the state closed northbound and southbound lanes of I-405, Ramsay said. The dynamite was offloaded into another trailer, and the truck was pulled upright and towed away.

The highway reopened about 9:30 p.m., he said.

Everett: Two die in motorcycle accident

Two people died Monday in an accident east of Everett when a motorcycle collided with a pickup truck.

The accident occurred on Highway 204 about 4:45 p.m.

A motorcycle driven by a 48-year-old Lake Stevens man was westbound on Highway 204. While trying to pass a vehicle, he collided with a pickup driven by an 18-year-old Everett man. The truck was southbound on 10th Street, turning on to eastbound Highway 204. He suffered minor injuries.

The motorcyclist and a passenger, a 41-year-old Bellingham woman, died in the crash.

Sultan: Car strikes teen crossing U.S. 2

A teenager was struck by a car while crossing U.S. 2 on Sunday night, the State Patrol reported Monday.

The Monroe boy, 17, was crossing the freeway at Fern Bluff Road at 9:15 p.m. when he was hit by a 1996 Honda Accord.

The boy was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. He was in satisfactory condition Monday, a hospital spokeswoman said.

The Honda driver, a Sultan man, wasn’t injured.

From Herald staff reports