From the Skagit Valley Herald (about 40 miles due South as the crow flies):
Fatal shooting, multiple-vehicle accident create chaos on I-5 in Mount Vernon
State Patrol detectives are investigating a double-fatal shooting that occurred about 3 a.m. Saturday on northbound Interstate 5 just south of the College Way exit.
Meanwhile, an accident hours later involving a dual-trailer dump truck and nearly two dozen vehicles just south of Anderson Road has added to the chaos on I-5.
About 8:30 a.m., a dual-trailer dump truck hauling gravel and headed southbound rolled over, going through two cable fences in the freeway median and into northbound traffic, said Trooper Mark Francis. It struck vehicles that were stopped in the opposite direction due to the closure at the shooting investigation scene.
Francis said no one was killed in the accident, but one driver was critically injured and many others were hurt. At least 23 vehicles were involved, he said.
The drive-by shooting several hours earlier left two people in a black Mercedes dead. The suspect vehicle is at large.
Yikes - there was a survivor to the shooting so law enforcement knows what to look for. I-5 is the primary north/south link for this area.
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