UPDATE: The lanes reopened at 12:30pm and a Washington State Patrol spokesman Tweeted that the driver of the truck was looking at a $216.00 ticket for failing to secure the load.
A truck carrying buckets of paint spilled its load while turning from Airport Road to Highway 99 in south Everett in front of Home Depot this morning. The accident shut down the northbound lanes as crews from Fire District 1 and the Department of Transportation worked to contain the mess. Northbound 99 traffic was diverted onto Airport Road for the clean up.
November 18, 2014
Everett, Police Blotter