- ....Breaking News.MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - The Washington Transportation Department says 67,000 vehicles a day used the stretch of Interstate 5 through Mount Vernon that is now blocked by the collapse of the Skagit River bridge. Mount Vernon is about 60 miles north of Seattle and 40 miles south of the Canada Border. The roadblock on both directions of I-5 is expected to cause a major disruption in trade and tourism between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia. The Transportation Department has set up detours. The closest is within sight of the I-5 bridge and mostly used for local traffic between Mount Vernon and Burlington. The department also is recommending detours using Highway 20 and Highway 9 that add tens of miles to a trip. Officials are urging drivers to avoid the area if possible. .. ...

07/02/12 AmTrak Fatal



An Amtrak train headed to Seattle killed a man Monday on a bridge over the Wenatchee River near Cashmere. Chelan County sheriff's Operations Chief John Wisemore says the man was hit after 6 a.m. near the center of the trestle by the train going about 40 mph. Wisemore told The Wenatchee World (http://is.gd/sNV01c ) he was a Cashmere man in his 60s. His car was parked nearby at a state Department of Fish and Wildlife public fishing site. Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman Gus Melonas (mel-OWN'-us) says more than 20 trains a day use the bridge. The track was closed four hours for the investigation, delaying three freight trains. Melonas says six people trespassing on BNSF tracks have been killed this year in Washington. More than 20 were killed last year.

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