CRASH KNOCKS OUT TELEPHONE POLE
• Firefighters were called about 10:20 a.m. today to a single-vehicle accident south of Vader where a pickup truck rolled and took out a utility pole. It happened on the 100 block of West Side Highway, about a half mile south of state Route 506, according to Lewis County Medic One Paramedic Clayton Skinner. The lone occupant, a woman, was extricated and transported to Providence Centralia Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to Skinner.
VEHICLE THEFT
• A pickup truck stolen overnight from the 900 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia turned up in Chehalis, where two people bailed out and fled when spotted by police, according to the Centralia Police Department. A police dog attempted a track, but the subjects managed to slip away from officers, according to police. The Chevrolet S-10 pickup was returned to its owner.
• Police were called to the 100 block of South Pleasant Avenue in Centralia about 11:50 p.m. yesterday about a stolen vehicle. Missing is a green Windstar van, according to the Centralia Police Department.
THE PARTY’S OVER
• Centralia police broke up an underage drinking party last night on the 2800 block of Russell Road. Minta A. Harrington, 38, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for four counts of furnishing liquor to minors, according to the Centralia Police Department.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter