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Updated at 12:05 p.m.

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

An arrest has been made in connection with last year’s drug overdose death of Tyson J. Anderson, 23, of Centralia.

Centralia police yesterday re-booked a man already in the Lewis County Jail – on another matter – for controlled substance homicide.

Robert T. Lusk is scheduled to go before a judge this afternoon.

Anderson died when visiting a home at the 500 block of North Iron Street in Centralia last April 22, according to police department spokesperson Officer John Panco.

“After a long investigation we have a suspect, or somebody arrested, which is always a good thing in this kind of thing,” Panco said this morning.

Lusk, 36, from Chehalis, was also arrested for delivery of a controlled substance, Panco said.

Panco didn’t know this morning what drug was involved, he said.

Lewis County Senior Prosecutor Will Halstead said it’s not a case of forcing drugs into another person’s body, but that if someone delivers drugs to another who subsequently dies from them, that can be controlled substance homicide.

Along the C-Line Road in Capitol Forest last night. / Courtesy photo by Washington State Patrol

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By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

A teenager is dead after a wreck in the Capitol Forest last night, in which he was standing up through an open sunroof of an SUV when it hit an obstruction and rolled over.

Troopers called about 8:25 p.m. to the scene at a gravel pit along the C-Line Road say Alistair G. Martz, 18, of Olympia, was a passenger in the Toyota 4Runner along with three other males.

Uninjured were the driver Bradley R. Williams, 23, of Lacey; and passengers Brian Lynn, 23, from Baltimore and Jeffrey S. Boone, 19 years old, according to the Washington State Patrol.

The three survivors were seat belted in, according to the state patrol.

He was ejected and the vehicle rolled on top of him, West Thurston Regional Fire Authority Chief Robert Scott said.

It happened so far into the forest – almost to the top of Capitol Peak – it took the ambulance some time to reach him, through forest roads that were fairly heavily trafficked at the time, Scott said.

The vehicle was impounded and reckless driving is blamed, according to the investigating trooper. The driver was arrested for vehicular homicide and booked into the Thurston County Jail, according to the state patrol.

Car comes to rest on west side of state Route 505 after high speed wreck. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Fire District 2

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By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

A 51-year-old motorist traveling down Jackson Highway who failed to slow for the curve at Plomondon Road crossed a field, hit an embankment and went airborne over state Route 505 today, before rolling twice and coming to a stop.

Firefighters called just before 1 p.m. today to the scene just north of Toledo found the car traveled at least 300 feet after leaving the roadway, according to Lewis County Fire District 2.

Fire Chief Grant Wiltbank said he understood from responders the Chevrolet Cobalt pretty much flew over the front end of a small pickup truck, damaging a quarter panel but not injuring anyone inside. Witnesses told the sheriff’s office the car was traveling more than 100 mph.

The 51-year-old’s condition was described as serious by a paramedic, Wiltbank said.

“She was conscious when we got there, but not 100 percent,” he said.

She was taken by ambulance to the Toledo Airport and met by a medical helicopter which flew her to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, according to Wiltbank.

More than two dozen firefighters responded to fire on Danby Drive Southwest. / Courtesy photo by Bryan Fisher

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

A large former chicken barn and its contents were destroyed by fire last night east of Grand Mound.

Nobody was injured but members of six fire departments joined Thurston County Fire District 12 to answer the call that came in just before 11 p.m.

Crews responding to the 17900 block of Danby Drive Southwest found the approximately 250-foot-long metal sided building fully involved in flames, District 12 Battalion Chief Jim Fowler said.

They fought the fire defensively with as many as 25 personnel working until about 1:40 a.m., Fowler said.

An engine and two firefighters remained on the scene today, watching and taking care of hot spots in and around the collapsed building, according to Fowler.

“Every bit of the wood burned away, but the metal is still all screwed together,” he said.

Fowler said the structure was last used for raising fryer chickens probably in the late 1980s, and contained two tractors, various farm implements and as many as eight passenger vehicles.

The cause is unknown, he said, as the barn was said to have no electricity running to it.

Items such a vehicles and farm equipment stored inside were ruined. / Courtesy photo by Bryan Fisher

Updated at 10:46 a.m.

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

An early morning fire chased a Centralia household onto the street, pretty much destroying their home, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

“There may be a few salvageable items, but not much,” Fire Capt. Greg Schwartz said.

Nobody was hurt, the cause is under investigation, Schwartz said.

Crews were called at 4:22 a.m. about a possible structure fire on the 900 block of B Street, according to the fire department.

“As we left the station and turned the corner headed north, we could see a huge glow in the sky and a smoke column,” Schwartz said.

Schwartz said it was a single family home with some type of a garage or outbuilding very close to its backside, which is where the fire seems to have started.

The man who lives there said he got up to use the restroom.

“I think he said he smelled smoke, and opened the back door and flames kind of licked at him as he opened the door,” Schwartz said.

He and the woman who resides there are being taken care of by the Red Cross, Schwartz said.

About 15 firefighters, including a crew from the Chehalis Fire Department extinguished the blaze, he said.

The fire is currently being investigated by the joint CPD/RFA Arson Investigation Team, according to the Centralia Police Department.