By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A 65-year-old man on foot crossing Interstate 5 in south Lewis County was struck by an SUV tonight.
Troopers and aid called about 8:30 p.m. to the southbound lanes found Daniel E. Ranney on the side of the road along the southbound lanes near Vader.
It happened by the Gee Cees truck stop interchange, also known as exit 57.
Ranney, who is from Anchorage, Alaska, was crossing the freeway from east to west, according to the state patrol.
Lewis County Fire District 2 Chief Grant Wiltbank said the man has a serious injury.
The driver of the Ford Explorer which struck Ranney was not hurt, and the vehicle’s damage was minimal enough it was drivable, according to the state patrol.
Wiltbank said firefighters as well as paramedics from Lewis County Medic One responded and treated the pedestrian until a helicopter airlift arrived. It picked him up on the property of a new service station under construction just southeast of the truck stop, Wiltbank said.
Ranney was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, according to the state patrol. Details about why he was crossing the road were not immediately available.
The driver was identified as Tobi L. Scott, 45, of Milwaukie, Ore.
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