July 9, 2022 6:50 a.m.

A tractor-trailer crash partially blocked a section of Interstate 5 northbound for several hours on Friday, causing big traffic delays.

Gary Leaming of the Oregon Department of Transportation said the northbound commercial vehicle crashed at about 10:30 a.m. while coming down the Stage Pass Summit near Glendale. Leaming said ODOT incident responders grabbed their tow chains and attached them to their one-ton pickups to drag the trailer across the asphalt enough to get waiting traffic moving ahead. One lane of the freeway northbound was reopened by around 12:45 p.m.

Tow and salvage crews were still on the scene removing the cargo and preparing to tow the tractor and trailer, as of 2:15 p.m. ODOT crews from Roseburg and Grants Pass assisted along with Oregon State Police and Glendale Fire. The freeway was totally reopened later in the day.