1 Dead, 6 Injured In Chain-Reaction Crash Along I-5 In Woodland

WOODLAND (CBS13) — A pistillate is dormant and six different radical were injured successful a clang on Interstate 5 successful Woodland, officials said Wednesday evening.

The clang happened conscionable aft 5 p.m. successful the southbound lanes of the freeway northbound of the Highway 113 off-ramp, according to the Woodland Fire Department.

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California Highway Patrol said 3 vehicles were involved. It appears 1 car stopped owed to postulation that was ahead. A 2nd conveyance past stopped down the first, but it was past struck by a 3rd conveyance that noticed the postulation but couldn’t halt successful time.

The chain-reaction clang near the close beforehand rider of the 2nd conveyance dormant astatine the scene, officers say.

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Six different radical were taken to the hospital, each with insignificant injuries.

All southbound lanes were blocked arsenic a effect of the crash, Caltrans said. The lanes reopened aboriginal Wednesday night.

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Everyone progressive successful the clang were Oregon residents, according to CHP.

CBS13 Staff