Traffic began to back up Thursday morning on southbound Interstate 5 in downtown Seattle near Mercer Street after a crash involving a motorcycle and other vehicles.
The collision was blocking the left two lanes and right two lanes as of 6:30 a.m., according to the Washington State Department of Transportation’s real-time travel map. Multiple agencies responded.
The motorcycle rider was injured and taken to Harborview Medical Center, said Washington State Patrol Trooper Rick Johnson. The extent of their injuries is unknown.
“Multiple lanes will be blocked for a while,” Johnson said on X.