Multiple southbound Interstate 5 lanes are blocked after numerous vehicles crashed just south of SR 516 in Kent Sunday afternoon.

Trooper Rick Johnson said via social media about 1:40 p.m that the southbound lanes were “fully blocked” for the time being. He said 45 vehicles were involved in the wreck, although there were no serious injuries.

Southbound Interstate 5 lanes near Kent were blocked for about three hours Sunday afternoon because of a multiple-vehicle crash, according to the Washington State Patrol, the state Department of Transportation and area fire crews.

All lanes of southbound Interstate 5 in Kent reopened following a 45 car pile-up Sunday afternoon, according to the Washington State Patrol. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) first posted about the incident at 1:20 p.