TREE FALLING ACCIDENT INJURES ONE
• A local man was airlifted after a logging accident today when a tree fell and he was trapped beneath its limbs. Aid called just after 9:30 a.m. to Avery Road East in the Marys Corner area found that bystanders had cut away some of the limbs so they could get to him, according to Lewis County Fire District 5. The victim, whose identity wasn’t available, was taken to the Chehalis-Centralia Airport and flown to the trauma center at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, according to Lt. Laura Hanson.
TEEN ACCUSED OF SELLING WEED AT SCHOOL
• Police were summoned to Centralia Middle School yesterday morning where a 14-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly selling marijuana. The student apparently had found and taken what belonged to a relative in his home, brought it to school and sold $10 worth, Sgt. Carl Buster said. He was booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CAR STOLEN, RECOVERED
• Centralia police were called yesterday morning about a maroon 1989 Mazda MX6 which vanished during the night from the 1800 block of Juneman Street. A few hours later, the car was discovered parked in the driveway of a vacant rental home a few block away, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CAR PROWL
• Centralia police were called to the 1000 block of Scammon Creek Road about 7:30 a.m. today where someone broke into a vehicle during the night and stole a Samsung Galaxy cell phone and charger.
VANDALISM
• Police were called just after midnight to the 1200 block of Mellen Street in Centralia where someone slashed two tires on a parked car. A person of interest has been identified, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police were called just before 8 a.m. today to the 3000 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia where and unknown subject broke the rear window out of a truck’s canopy.
CHEHALIS CHAMBER COMMERCE BRIDGE CLOSED TONIGHT
• Chamber of Commerce Way in Chehalis will be closed to through traffic for a few hours overnight while crews take measurements to replace a piece of the bridge. The bill for an estimated $700,000 will be going to the Chehalis company whose too-tall load on a log truck hit the overpass in early September, according to state Department of Transportation. Two vehicles, including a pilot car, were damaged by falling debris on Sept. 7. DOT says Northwest Log Marketing Inc. is liable for the cost of repairs. DOT expects to replace the bridge girder later this summer. Northbound Interstate 5 beneath the bridge will be shut down between 3 a.m. and 8 a.m. tomorrow while the surveying is done, according to DOT. I-5 drivers will use the on- and off-ramps to detour around the closure.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
In the log truck versus bridge there was no pilot vehicle it was an older couple from out of state the log truck driver said they measured but guess it wasnt good enough. Im glad to see this poor bridge fixed but should be fixed higher and wider.