A tree was removed from atop a Randle couple’s Ford Explorer. / Courtesy photo by Washington State Patrol
Updated at 9:30 a.m.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A Randle couple was hospitalized after a tree fell onto their vehicle on U.S. Highway 12 east of Morton last night.
Raymond J. Pollman, 58, was driving a Ford Explorer and stopped near Davis Lake Road waiting for a snow plow clearing the roadway, according to the Washington State Patrol.
It happened about 7:30 p.m.
“The folks were sitting at the intersection waiting for the truck to pass and unfortunately, a tree fell on their vehicle,” Trooper Will Finn said.
A power line dropped as well he said, leaving a live wire on the roadway which responders had to deal with, he said.
Pollman was taken to Morton General Hospital, according to Finn. His passenger, Dalene J. Pollman, 57, was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where she is listed this morning in satisfactory condition.
Raymond Pollman was treated and has already been released, according to a Morton hospital spokesperson.
Finn said a transformer, or possibly two, blew at the same time knocking out power to an unknown number of residents in the area.
The roadway there is clear this morning, although numerous trees which must have fallen in the area are cut up on the side of the highway, according to Morton Fire Department secretary Holly Cantrell.
Finn said it was continuing to snow this morning near the pass to the east, with compact snow and ice on the highway.
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