A collision involving two Bellevue police officers closed down all northbound I-405 lanes at the Lake Washington Boulevard interchange for more than an hour during Thursday morning’s rush hour.
As the two motorcycle units escorted a portable structure, they collided and blocked all I-405 lanes, according to tweets from Washington State trooper Rick Johnson. The Bellevue Police Department tweeted that the motorcycle officers are expected to be OK.
The collision occurred just after 5 a.m. and closed all lanes until they reopened at about 6:48 a.m. This made an enormous impact on the morning commute and backed up I-405 from I-90 to the Renton S-curves before spreading to local roads and northbound I-5, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation on Twitter.
Backups have extended to local roads like Lake Washington Boulevard and Coal Creek Parkway SE. This backup is going to affect the morning commute in a big way. We're going to see rough traffic for the rest of the morning.
— WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) July 26, 2018
