Southbound I-405 Reopens After Serious Injury: Hit-and-Run Collision Involves Car and Motorcycle

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Southbound I-405 Reopens After Serious Injury: Hit-and-Run Collision Involves Car and Motorcycle
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Southbound I-405 has reopened in Renton after a crash involving a car and a motorcycle led to a serious injury, as a result of a hit-and-run incident. The motorcyclist suffered a serious injury and the driver fled the scene.

Screenshot of WSDOT cameras capturing the closure on southbound I-405 after a hit-and-run between a car and a motorcycle occurred early Tuesday morning. Southbound I-405 is starting to reopen in Renton early Tuesday morning after a crash involving a car and a motorcycle led to a serious injury.

The closure on I-405 occurred near Sunset Boulevard in Renton just after 5 a.m. All three southbound lanes were closed for nearly an hour, but one lane has reopened to let traffic through. The motorcyclist was the one who suffered a serious injury after the crash. According to Washington State Patrol Trooper Rick Johnson, the driver in the car involved in the crash fled the scene, and it is now considered a “hit-and-run.

” “SB I-405 is closed near Sunset in Renton due to a motorcycle/car serious injury hit and run collision,” Johnson.

“This is being investigated as a vehicular assault. Trying to get a description of the running vehicle to share. More details to come. ”Southbound I-405 is starting to reopen in Renton early Tuesday morning after a crash involving a car and a motorcycle led to a serious injury.

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