CRASH KNOCKS OUT POWER EARLY TODAY IN CHEHALIS
• The power went off to about a dozen addresses in Chehalis early this morning after a vehicle crashed into a utility pole along the 200 block of Coal Creek Road. The Chehalis Fire Department called about 4:35 a.m. treated a 25-year-old male whose Dodge Ram hit the pole, according to Firefighter Derek Pedersen. He was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital, Pedersen said. Crews from Lewis County PUD replaced the pole and restored electricity by about 8:30 a.m., according to PUD dispatcher Kenny Harmanson.
ANOTHER CHURCH BURGLARY IN CENTRALIA
• A second church in Centralia was burglarized, according to a report made to the Centralia Police Department yesterday. An officer was called just before 10 a.m. on Friday to the 200 block of North Washington Avenue where a microphone was taken. The break-in follows a morning report on Wednesday that someone went inside an unlocked church on the 500 block of South Washington Avenue, kicked open an office door and stole computer equipment and an unspecified amount of cash.
MEDS MISSING FROM CENTRALIA HOME
• Centralia police arrested a juvenile male yesterday for burglary following an afternoon report that medication was stolen from a residence on the 1200 block of J Street.
VEHICLE WINDOW BROKEN OUT
• Centralia police were called about 10:40 p.m. last night to the 200 block of West Hanson Street about the rear window being smashed out of a vehicle.
WOMAN BOOKED FOR FIRST-DEGREE ASSAULT
• Chehalis police booked a female into the Lewis County Jail overnight in connection with first-degree assault, according to the jail’s inmate roster. Further details were not readily available.
ORTING GIRLS 10 AND 8 HOSPITALIZED AFTER REAR-END CRASH ON INTERSTATE 5
• A three-car rear-end collision on Interstate 5 in Chehalis on Friday afternoon sent two little girls to the hospital. The Washington State Patrol reported a northbound driver of a Mercury Sable from Shelton slowed then stopped for traffic as did the driver in a 2010 Toyota Camry behind him. Matthew T. Hohman, 27, of Vancouver, however, ran into the back of the Camry with his Toyota Prius, shoving it into the Mercury, according to the state patrol. It happened in the inside lanes just south of the Chamber of Commerce Way interchange just before 3 p.m. Patrick L. Kelly, 64 and his passenger Lisa A. Kelly, 37, both of Orting, were reportedly uninjured although their Camry was totaled, the patrol reported. A 10-year-old and an 8-year-old in the Camry were taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with neck pain, according to the investigating trooper. The Vancouver driver was expected to be cited for following too closely, the state patrol reported.
CAR CRASHES AND BURNS DURING POLICE CHASE
• A car crashed and caught fire after a police pursuit yesterday afternoon at Grand Mound. Rochester area firefighters called about 4:35 p.m. to southbound Interstate 5 near the milepost 88 interchange extinguished the flames and turned the 34-year-old individual involved over to law enforcement, according to West Thurston Regional Fire Authority Lt. Brandon Betts. Further details were not readily available.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter