By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
This was updated at 12:02 p.m.
A pickup truck slammed through the bedroom wall of a Pe Ell house overnight sending two residents to the hospital.
Aid and law enforcement were called about 1:30 a.m. to the home on North Third Street.
The driver, 26-year-old Brian T. Zock of Pe Ell, was still in the cab of his truck when firefighters arrived, but not seriously injured, according to responders. Troopers are blaming driving under the influence.
The couple was in their bed, the vehicle came through the house and hit the end of the bed, Assistant Fire Chief Mike Davis said this morning.
“She was actually knocked out the bed, she was on the floor and he was still on the mattress,” Davis said.
Norman D. Moreau, 73, was flown by helicopter to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with internal injures, according to the Washington State Patrol. He is listed in serious condition this morning.
Mary Moreau, 71, was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with scrapes and less serious injuries, according to the state patrol.
The 1976 Ford pickup truck had been northbound on North Third Street when it struck the home on the left side of the street, according to the state patrol. The house sits in between Fifth and Sixth avenues, according to Davis.
Firefighters had to go through the front door to get to the couple, Davis said.
It appeared the bed was shoved across the room and she actually landed inside an adjacent bathroom, Davis said. They were conscious and alert.
Neither were trapped, but it was challenging getting through the debris to get them on backboards, he said. The bed was destroyed, he said.
“The room looked like a bomb went off in it,” he said.
Deputy marshals with Pe Ell were on the scene when firefighters arrived and troopers were still at the house when Davis returned from an ambulance trip to the hospital. The truck has been removed, he said.
The front six to eight feet of the truck was inside and the rest was outside, according to Davis. The driver was positioned where the exterior wall had been. “His knees were inside, but the back of his head was outside, Davis said.
“Everybody involved was lucky,” he said this morning
Davis said troopers took the driver to the hospital to be checked out.
No charges had been issued as early of this morning; the collision is still under investigation, according to Trooper Mike Anderson.
The Lewis County Jail log shows Zock was booked about 10:45 a.m. for vehicular assault.
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