A Richland woman crashed her car into the back of a semi loaded with apples, tying up traffic Thursday for a short time on Interstate 182 near Richland.
Minor injuries were reported and the double-trailer semi caught fire, but it was quickly extinguished.
The collision was at noon in the westbound lanes of I-182 near the Interstate 82 interchange.
Maria Galvan, 26, was in her 2002 Volkswagen Passat when she ran into the semi as it was headed up a hill, the Washington State Patrol said. The impact wedged Galvan's car under the back of the trailer.
The semi was driven by Filemon Velazquez, 31, of Yakima.
Trooper Chris Thorson said it was similar to a crash earlier this week.
On Monday, a Deer Park man slammed into the back of a slower moving hay truck on Interstate 82 near Benton City. The man apparently had been talking on his cell phone when the crash happened, troopers said.
The cause of Thursday's collision was not immediately known.
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