Update: Southbound I-5 traffic through Bellingham resumes after one-vehicle crash
Both lanes of southbound Interstate 5 near South Samish Way were blocked for about an hour Tuesday afternoon following a single-vehicle crash.
County dispatchers reported that a car had crashed into the median shortly before 4 p.m. When first responders arrived, the driver was unconscious, according to police dispatch. She was brought back to consciousness after two doses of the overdose-reversing drug Narcan, but was trapped in the car.
Dispatchers reported that she was freed from the car and transported for medical care around 4:15 p.m. Police remain on the scene.
WSDOT reported around 5:15 p.m. that both lanes of traffic had been cleared.
Editor’s note: A previous version of this article listed an incorrect direction of travel that was blocked by the crash, due to incorrect information from WSDOT.
This story was originally published June 9, 2026 at 4:27 PM.