Lewis County Sirens.com

Courtesy photo by Zachary Sanchez, Grant’s Towing

Updated at 11:41 a.m.

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – An ambulance on its way to the hospital with a patient wrecked early this morning west of Chehalis.

It was about 3:20 a.m. when the vehicle left the roadway at Twin Oaks and Cousins roads. Four individuals were taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with what a news release described as minor injuries.

Personnel from Lewis County Fire District 6 and American Medical Response were conducting the transport, according to the news release issued by a volunteer from a neighboring fire agency.

It was an AMR ambulance which sustained what was described as major damage.

The Washington State Patrol is investigating, Lt. Laura Hanson of Lewis County Fire District 5 wrote.

District 6 Chief Tim Kinder was unavailable this morning to respond to questions.

A spokesperson for AMR said he believed the vehicle hit a soft spot at a curve.

“It didn’t tip it over, it kind of put it at an angle,” AMR Director of Communications Brant Butte said.

The patient was strapped in tight, so suffered no injuries, Butte said. The crew of two AMR medics escaped with just bumps and bruises, he said.

Butte didn’t know who the fourth individual was, but said sometimes responders from the local fire district jump in for the transport.

He said he didn’t know anything about the patient, other than they were unhurt.

“The thing is, everybody is okay,” Butte said.

The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office responded about 4:15 a.m. to investigate and said the ambulance rolled down an embankment on the north side of the road and came to rest on its top.

The patient was a male being transported for a medical emergency, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

Whether the 26-year-old driver, from Lacey, is ticketed, remains to be seen, according to Brown. That will be decided after the state patrol’s technical investigation is finished, Brown said.

The sheriff’s office requested the state patrol because it was a company vehicle, it was an ambulance, there was a patient involved and there are potential liabilities, Brown said.

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

Two Chehalis residents are jailed after a fight last night outside a Centralia apartment building in which a man was stabbed.

Police describe the participants as acquaintances who were engaged in an ongoing dispute.

The victim, whose name, age and hometown weren’t immediately available, is hospitalized with a chest wound, according to the Centralia Police Department.

Police responded just before 9:30 p.m. to a dispute involving several people at the 600 block of North Washington Avenue in Centralia.

Officers were told a couple in a Chevrolet Trailblazer were threatening a woman and when the man came to her – his girlfriend’s – aid, he was jumped by the couple in the vehicle, according to police.

The SUV fled the area before police arrived, but was located by Chehalis police, according to Sgt. Stacy Denham.

Justin Razor, 27, and Emily Satcher, 23, were arrested for first-degree assault and booked into the Lewis County Jail.

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

The trial for the man accused of attacking a judge and a deputy at the courthouse in Montesano last March is set for this week in Lewis County Superior Court.

Judge Richard Brosey will preside. Centralia defense attorney David Arcuri is representing Steven Daniel Kravetz.

Proceedings begin tomorrow morning and are expected to last at least until the end of this week.

The (Aberdeen) Daily World reports Arcuri will argue his 35-year-old client has diminished capacity.

The county shop off U.S. Highway 12 near Kiona Creek smolders. / Courtesy photo by Bill Serrahn

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

Firefighters from six agencies battled a blaze last night that swept through a Lewis County road department shop in Glenoma.

Nobody was injured but the building was destroyed, according to Lewis County Fire District 18 Chief Ed Lowe.

“It’s going to be a total loss,” Lowe said.

Lowe was at the scene this morning with fire investigators looking into the cause.

“Two here now and more coming,” he said.

Crews called around 6:15 p.m. to the structure off U.S. Highway near near Bowen Road were joined by firefighters from Mossyrock, Morton, Mineral and Packwood, Lowe said. They were out there until after midnight, he said.

He estimated the metal-sided shop was about 150 feet by 30 feet.

“They lost some of their trucks, equipment, snow plows and such,” he said.