A lot more details have come out in the hours after a fully-loaded car carrier nearly flipped over on northbound I-5 while going way too fast for conditions. The crash blocked the freeway for several hours.

Quickly recapping what happened, the big rig was heading north on I-5 when the driver failed to realize traffic was slowing in front of him. While trying to avoid rear-ending a school bus, the driver made an evasive maneuver that backfired.

“The semi tried to avoid the collision by switching lanes, they were in the far right lane,” Washington State Patrol (WSP) Trooper Kameron Watts said. “The semi attempted to go left, but instead it was an overcorrection, and due to the conditions of the roadway, which were really wet at the time, it was raining, caused the truck to jackknife.”

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