Flipped semi blocked both lanes of Highway 240 north of Richland

A semi truck flipped across both lanes of the Hanford highway Monday morning, slowing traffic for hours.

The crash happened about 23 miles west of Richland on Highway 240 before 8 a.m., said Washington State Patrol Trooper Chris Thorson.

Both lanes of the highway were blocked by the truck and trailer and Thorson tweeted that it was expected to take two to three hours to clear.

Traffic was slowly being routed on the dirt shoulder of the highway around the jack-knifed truck until it could be towed away.

The wreck was just south of the Vernita Bridge on the Hanford nuclear reservation.

This story was originally published January 13, 2020 at 9:04 AM.