Lewis County Sirens.com

Updated 12:29 p.m.

WRECKS

• A 56-year-old Winlock driver was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after her vehicle sheered a utility pole off at the ground on Highway 603 near Devereese Road southwest of Chehalis yesterday afternoon. Janice M. Sedlak was passing in a no passing zone when she lost control of her SUV and struck the pole at about 5 p.m., according to responders. Her vehicle sustained major damage, including a windshield broken by a four by four post, according to the sheriff’s office and Lewis County Fire District 6. Sedlak was treated and has been released, according to a hospital spokesperson.

• A Centralia log truck driver was cited for leaving his rig parked in the street on the 1000 block of Reynolds Avenue while he got out and locked a gate early this morning after another vehicle ran into the back of it. The 2005 Toyota Rav4 was totaled but its driver – a 56-year-old Centralia women – sustained only minor injuries, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital after the approximately 4:15 a.m. collision, according to sheriff’s Cmdr. Steve Aust. She did not see the log truck, Aust said.

• Centralia police report an officer was called to a two-vehicle head-on injury collision just after 11 p.m. Saturday at Cooks Hill and Military roads. A Centralia Police Department spokesperson said no details on the wreck were available to him.

THEFT

• A $1,000 of what was described as 300 feet of 220 service copper wire was reported stolen from a building on the 100 block of School House Road in Winlock on Friday morning, according to the  Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Centralia police were called to the 1400 block of View Avenue on Friday afternoon about a checkbook stolen from a vehicle sometime in the previous several days.

DRUGS

• Centralia police report they arrested a 46-year-old Chehalis resident some time on Saturday for possession of methamphetamine and second-degree theft. Matthew D. Gillaspie was booked into the Lewis County Jail after contact with an officer at the 500 block of Yew Street, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DOG FIGHT

• Centralia police report a dog was taken to the Lewis County Animal Shelter after an officer was called about 1:30 p.m. Saturday to the 1400 block of Lewis Street where the Pit Bull allegedly attacked another dog plus its owner who tried to separate the animals. Further details were not readily available.

More to come. Maybe.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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