Originally published September 7, 2007 at 12:00 AM | Page modified September 7, 2007 at 7:39 AM

6-vehicle crash snarls I-5 traffic

A six-vehicle crash that sent one person to the hospital and snarled traffic on northbound Interstate 5 through Shoreline on Thursday afternoon...

By Seattle Times staff

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MIKE SIEGEL / THE SEATTLE TIMES

All lanes of northbound I-5 were shut down through Shoreline by a crash caused by a pickup with faulty brakes pulling a trailer, according to the State Patrol.

A six-vehicle crash that sent one person to the hospital and snarled traffic on northbound Interstate 5 through Shoreline on Thursday afternoon was caused by a pickup with faulty brakes pulling a camping trailer, according to the State Patrol.

All lanes of the freeway were shut down at about 3 p.m. near Northeast 175th Street. Traffic quickly backed up nearly six miles to Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood, according to the state Department of Transportation.

A woman, a passenger in the pickup, was hospitalized with serious injuries, State Patrol spokesman Cliff Pratt said. No one else was seriously hurt.

The chain-reaction crash resulted when the pickup, from British Columbia, failed to stop, Pratt said.

The freeway was reopened at about 5 p.m.

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