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Originally published May 8, 2008 at 12:00 AM | Page modified May 8, 2008 at 7:02 PM

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Bicyclist on I-5 causes traffic jam

A man on a bicycle rode onto I-5 and zipped across all the lanes this afternoon, backing up traffic.

Traffic on Interstate 5 has resumed to a normal pace in North Seattle after a man on a bicycle rode onto the freeway and zipped across all the lanes this afternoon.

Witnesses told the State Patrol that they saw the man riding south in the right lane about 2:10 p.m. The bicyclist then cut across all lanes of traffic and into the car-pool lane, said Trooper Curt Boyle. Motorists pulled over, stopped the man and held him for troopers.

When troopers arrived, they got into a scuffle with the man, Boyle said. The man was being detained in handcuffs in the back of a squad car on Interstate 5 near Northeast 130th Street but has since been taken to Harborview Medical Center for a mental evaluation, Boyle said.

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