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Semi loses load and closes I-5

09:35 PM PDT on Sunday, September 7, 2008

STACI VOLLMER, NWCN Staff

A Vancouver truck driver lost control of his vehicle, spilling giant pipes across the roadway and closing I-5 near Vancouver for hours.

Washington State Police

Pipes and an overturned semi-truck blocked several lanes of I-5 for two hours Sunday afternoon.

The driver was trying to merge onto Interstate 5 from the State Route 14 onramp when he rolled his truck and spilled a load of fiberglass pipe.

The driver, Robert Worrell, 47, was taken to a local hospital by ambulance with minor injuries.

The ramp from westbound State Route 14 to I-5 and several lanes of I-5 south were closed for about two hours while crews worked to clear the scene. The cause of the crash is still being investigated.

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