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The annual Arlington Palooza and two 5K races will prompt some road closures this weekend.
Temporary closures are expected in Arlington Forest and Rock Spring to accommodate the Palooza and the Jamestown Fun Run and Walk 5K on Saturday. On Sunday, the Girls on the Run 5K will affect Pentagon City.
Columbia Pike is blocked due to a snapped utility pole and downed wires.
The incident happened along the ongoing construction zone near S. George Mason Drive, which has also seen previous emergency closures due to crews puncturing gas lines. Video posted today on social media by local public safety watcher Dave Statter shows a truck striking low-hanging wires and breaking the pole in half.
Columbia Pike was blocked between S. Quincy and Quebec streets due to a gas leak.
Initial reports suggest that a construction crew struck a one-inch gas line, resulting in an active leak sizable enough to prompt a road closure.
The southbound lanes of N. Glebe Road were blocked at N. Woodstock Street due to a crash involving a school bus.
The crash happened around 4:15 p.m. Friday, near Glebe Elementary School, and involves the bus and a car. Two students were on board the bus but no injuries have been reported, according to initial reports.
Delays on northbound I-395 extend to Duke Street after a vehicle overturned near Shirlington Circle.
Traffic camera images show several people helping to clean up items that spilled from the vehicle in the left two lanes of the highway, as traffic slowly gets by. The overturned vehicle — possibly a pickup truck — is in the leftmost lane.
Update at 9:40 p.m. — All lanes have reopened, Arlington County says.
Update at 6:40 p.m. — The southbound lanes have reopened but the northbound lanes are expected to remain closed for several hours.
(Updated at 2:50 p.m.) Northbound lanes of the GW Parkway were closed before Key Bridge today due to a serious crash.
The crash happened shortly before 11:45 a.m. and reportedly involved a vehicle that ran off the side of the roadway and overturned, injuring several people.
A reported two-vehicle crash that left one vehicle on its roof is causing significant delays on southbound I-395 near Pentagon City.
The flipped vehicle is located on the right-hand side of the roadway. Initial reports suggest that one person was trapped inside and that fellow motorists were trying to help get them out.
(Updated at 11:15 p.m.) A multi-vehicle crash has temporarily blocked all lanes of the GW Parkway in Arlington.
The crash happened near the scenic overlooks on the parkway. Initial reports suggest that one of the vehicles involved crashed into a tree in the median, and that firefighters had to extricate an occupant of the vehicle who was trapped inside.
Southbound I-395 is down to one lane near the Pentagon during this evening’s rush hour due to a crash.
Initial reports suggest a vehicle flipped on its roof just past the exit ramp to Route 1. The occupants of the vehicle were able to get out and no serious injuries have been reported.
Old Dominion Drive is closed in both directions because of a crash at a particularly dangerous intersection in the Rock Spring neighborhood.
The North Arlington arterial street is closed between Williamsburg Blvd and Rock Spring Road, following a crash that happened around 1:30 p.m. Police are on scene directing traffic.
