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I-5 bridge collapses in Skagit Valley after truck strikes span
The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water shortly after 7 p.m.
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Bryce Kenning was on his way to a pickup hockey game in Bellingham with some friends Thursday night, a drive from Mount Vernon to Bellingham that the 20-year-old college student has done so often that he doesn’t think about it.
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Bridge collapse bogs down Burlington traffic
A collapsed bridge in Skagit County is causing major headaches for drivers headed north and south on Interstate 5 this Memorial Day weekend after the span was hit by a truck and fell into the Skagit River.
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