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News brief: Wrecks shove I-5 center barrier into oncoming traffic

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

Nobody was injured this morning when ice on the roadway started a multiple vehicle collision that wreaked havoc on both sides of Interstate 5 at Centralia.

A pickup truck entering northbound from Harrison Avenue hit a patch of ice, spun out and collided with the center barrier, according to the Washington State Patrol.

A northbound semi then hit the pickup and another car was struck by some of the displaced concrete barrier, Trooper Michael Johnson said.

The barrier was shoved into the oncoming lane, where a car-carrying truck hit it, he said.

Interstate 5 was blocked in both directions beginning at about 5:20 a.m.

Neither the pickup nor the car were drivable, and the semi was also towed because it had steering issue, Johnson said.

Still, nobody had to be transported to the hospital, according to Johnson.

The freeway wasn’t entirely opened up again until 8:15 a.m.