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It took some commuters more than four hours to get home on Tuesday night.

One couple from San Francisco missed their flight out of Seattle because they were stuck in the backup caused by a truck hitting the Highway 10 overpass on Highway 99 in Delta.

“We went 12 miles in four hours,” said the couple.

Another truck driver had been crawling along for about five hours.

The truck hit the overpass at about 2:20 p.m. just before rush hour was set to start. The driver has since been fined more than $600.

An engineer was called to assess the damage and the overpass finally re-opened at about 9 p.m.