TACOMA, Wash. — The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is working to re-open lanes on I-5 in Tacoma near S 84th Street due to a semi truck crash.
Troopers say a semi truck crashed into a barrier near S 84th Street and it caught fire around 4:40 a.m.
KIRO 7 observed what looked like a line of fire horizontally across the lanes of interstate on WSDOT cams.
The driver of the semi truck was pronounced dead, according to Washington State Patrol (WSP).
As of 8 a.m., all the lanes the northbound lanes are still closed.
As of 8:30 a.m., traffic is slowly started to make a headway on the southbound lanes, with two lanes reopened.
This is a developing story.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
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