I-5 Crash In Seattle: 1 Found Dead In Water Under Ship Canal Bridge

SEATTLE — A driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, and one person was found dead in the water under the Ship Canal Bridge after a two-car rollover crash Monday morning on Interstate 5.

Both vehicles landed on their roofs, the Seattle Fire Department said.

All southbound lanes of I-5 were blocked on the Ship Canal Bridge around 5 a.m. Tuesday due to a two-car rollover collision, Rick Johnson, public information officer for Washington State Patrol, tweeted. All southbound lanes have since reopened.

Harbor patrol officers were sent to the scene to find a missing person believed to have fallen into the water. The public was asked to avoid the area. Around 9:30 a.m., troopers said the missing person's body had been recovered.

"The individual was recovered from the waters under the bridge and I am extremely saddened report the the individual did not survive the collision," Johnson tweeted.

The other driver stayed at the scene and was arrested on suspicion of DUI, troopers said.