In a scene reminiscent of a much more precarious crash in 2008, a large box truck caused some traffic headaches Saturday afternoon after it crashed through a guardrail along Harvard Ave E at E Boston.

According to the Seattle Police brief on the 2:30 PM incident, the driver was headed up the steep slope of E Boston “when for an unknown reason the vehicle began rolling back down the hill, struck the guard rail and stopped.”

SPD reports that the tires of the truck “remained on solid ground” while the back hung over I-5. It was eventually towed away but two lanes of I-5 were closed during the response.

There were no reported serious injuries.

UPDATE: Here’s a look at the incident blocking the 2 right lanes of NB I-5 just south of SR 520 in #Seattle. IRT & WSP are on scene now and are coordinating with @SDOTtraffic. No ETA for reopening. Expect delays. pic.twitter.com/VvWY8o1s7I

— WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) August 3, 2019

SPD said the incident was still under investigation and that the truck’s driver would be cited if any violations were discovered.

Saturday’s incident with a box truck’s end hanging over I-5 was a reminder of another time a large vehicle ended up dangling over the freeway. In December of 2008 during a bout of icy, freezing temperature, two charter buses carrying students slid down Thomas and crashed onto Melrose with one of the buses dangling precariously over I-5 below. The students in that crash made it safely off the bus and nobody was seriously injured — either above, or below.

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