This is Debbie Deutsch with your KPTZ 5 p.m. traffic update. Well, the commute is pretty much exactly what you'd expect at this hour, with heavy traffic on all major roadways. Northbound Interstate 12 is backed up from the northern city limits clear to the city center exit, and southbound 12 is bumper-to-bumper north of the city, then again from downtown to the county line. There is only one accident to report, and that's a fender bender that's blocking the right lane of eastbound Highway 1. Also, we have a truck with a dead engine on westbound State Route 40, and that's causing a mile-long line from the mountain pass to Center Park. It is just now being helped to the shoulder of the road, so traffic should pick up on State Route 40 soon. I'm Debbie Deutsch with the 5 p.m. KPTZ traffic update. Now, back to Dan Dawson with KPTZ headline news.
