An SUV with its door open sits off the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 near the Seven Mile Lane overpass south of Albany.
An SUV with its door open sits off northbound lanes of Interstate 5 south of the Seven Mile Lane overpass south of Albany.
A state trooper and Albany police officer talk with an ODOT worker at the intersection of Midway Drive and Three Lakes Road.
An Albany police officer blocks southbound traffic on Three Lakes Road at Grand Prairie Road.
State troopers gather along Interstate 5 south of the Seven Mile Lane overpass.
Oregon State Police troopers apprehended what they described as a “reckless driver” who initially attempted to evade law enforcement around 5 p.m. Thursday.
State police have yet to release the driver’s identity, but said they were responding to a complaint about how the motorist was driving. The person initially refused to exit the vehicle.
Police closed a section of Interstate 5 and surrounding streets near 7 Mile Lane south of Albany, where they had surrounded a silver sport-utility vehicle. The northbound lanes of I-5 were reopened shortly after 5 p.m.
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