Traffic advisory: 2-car collision causes stop-and-crawl traffic on NB I-15

Written by Cami Cox Jim
February 16, 2015
Traffic is backed up on Interstate 15 due to a two-vehicle collision, Washington County, Utah, Feb. 16, 2015 | Photo by Kimberly Scott, St. George News

WASHINGTON COUNTY – A two-vehicle collision has had traffic crawling on northbound Interstate 15 in Washington County Monday evening, and traffic continues to be heavily congested as of 6:20 p.m. as the accident is cleared by Utah Highway Patrol responders.

Traffic is backed up on Interstate 15 due to a two-vehicle collision, Washington County, Utah, Feb. 16, 2015 | Photo by Kimberly Scott, St. George News
Traffic is backed up on Interstate 15 due to a two-vehicle collision, Washington County, Utah, Feb. 16, 2015 | Photo by Kimberly Scott, St. George News

At about 4:45 p.m., a two-vehicle collision occurred near I-15 Exit 40 in the midst of heavy holiday traffic. No injuries resulted from the collision, UHP Trooper Jared Cornia said, but one northbound lane was blocked off, and traffic was backed up for miles on northbound I-15.

As of 6:10 p.m., troopers were close to having the scene cleared, Cornia said. Nevertheless, northbound traffic was still very congested as of 6:20 p.m.

At the time of this publication, Cornia said he did not know the cause of the collision or whether any citations had been issued, but both vehicles had to be removed from the scene by wrecker, he said.

This report is based on preliminary information provided by law enforcement or other emergency responders and may not contain the full scope of findings.

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Cami Cox Jim got her start in journalism way back in third grade, when she published a crayon-and-pencil classroom newspaper in Mrs. Gifford’s class. She’s been a professional journalist (the kind that gets paid) since 2005. Cami and her husband don’t have any “real” children yet, so for now Cami takes in stray animals, unofficially adopts other people’s kids and maintains high hopes for her own children (of the two-legged variety) to come along in the future.

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13 Comments

  • ladybugavenger February 16, 2015 at 7:04 pm

    What happened to koolaid?

    • Mesaizacd February 17, 2015 at 12:04 am

      He stuck in traffic

    • LunchboxHero February 17, 2015 at 10:05 am

      Shhhhh…don’t jinx it. Let’s just enjoy the peace 🙂

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        Did you miss me ha ha ha ha ha it sure sounds like it

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        He lunchbox he’s back. LOL.!

    • sagemoon February 17, 2015 at 10:06 am

      I’ve been wondering the same thing, too. I missed you last week!

      • ladybugavenger February 17, 2015 at 11:48 am

        Hi sagemoon 🙂

    • KOOLAID February 18, 2015 at 2:55 pm

      Hello

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        Koolaid is back!!! Have a nice vacation?

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    • KOOLAID February 18, 2015 at 2:53 pm

      We’re always here ha ha ha ha ha

    • Mesaizacd February 18, 2015 at 3:07 pm

      Ronnie that has nothing to do with it because it’s always been that way

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