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UPDATE: Crash temporarily blocked all lanes of I-75 north at Ooltewah exit

A crash involving multiple vehicles has blocked all lanes of Interstate 75 northbound Thursday evening at the Ooltewah exit in Hamilton County, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation's traffic website. (Screenshot from smartway.tn.gov/traffic)
A crash involving multiple vehicles has blocked all lanes of Interstate 75 northbound Thursday evening at the Ooltewah exit in Hamilton County, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation's traffic website. (Screenshot from smartway.tn.gov/traffic) A crash involving multiple vehicles has blocked all lanes of Interstate 75 northbound Thursday evening at the Ooltewah exit in Hamilton County, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation's traffic website. (Screenshot from smartway.tn.gov/traffic)
photo A crash involving multiple vehicles has blocked all lanes of Interstate 75 northbound Thursday evening at the Ooltewah exit in Hamilton County, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s traffic website. (Screenshot from smartway.tn.gov/traffic)

The crash involving multiple vehicles that temporarily blocked all lanes of Interstate 75 northbound Thursday evening at the Ooltewah exit has been cleared, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s traffic website.

Northbound traffic was still a little backed up at 6:30 p.m. with the shoulder blocked. Southbound traffic was not affected.

The incident at mile marker 11 was reported at 5:19 and estimated to be completely cleared by 7:20.