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Driver who caused I-5 shutdown pleads not guilty
By Michelle Esteban
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TACOMA, Wash. -- On Sunday, Stephanie Bussell told a state trooper that she had "a lot to drink."
In court on Monday she was not so forthright.
The 35-year-old Tacoma woman hid her face from cameras and pleaded not guilty in Pierce County Superior Court to vehicular assault and hit-and-run charges.
Prosecutors say Bussell triggered a string of collisions that forced troopers to shut down the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 in Tacoma on Sunday. The closure backed up traffic for miles.
The first crash happened about 2:30 p.m. when Bussell allegedly side-swiped a Jeep and dragged it along a concrete median for more than 80 feet.
The Jeep rolled over with the driver and his wife still inside.
Troopers say Bussell left the scene only to cause another crash. In the second collision Bussell allegedly collided with a car, pushing it 4,000 feet down I-5 and causing a chain-reaction crash involving five cars.
Investigators say that when they finally caught up with Bussell she tried to drive off again, but her car would start.
Drivers caught behind the crashes were left idling in stopped traffic for up to five hours while troopers investigate the crashes and worked to clear the wrecked vehicles.
A judge set Bussell's bail at $10,000. Prosecutors are waiting for blood alcohol tests to come back and say they may file additional charges.
Despite all the crashes, the most serious injury was one person who fractured an ankle. Bussell was not seriously hurt.