ELK VERSUS VAN ON STATE ROUTE 507
• A 36-year-old Centralia woman escaped serious injury when her mini van collided with an elk north of Centralia yesterday morning. Riverside Fire Authority Capt. Casey McCarthy said the animal apparently impacted the driver’s side windshield and left moderate damage the length of the driver’s side of the vehicle. It happened about 4 a.m. on state Route 507 near Troy Avenue, according to the Washington State Patrol. Marcela Lopez, 36, was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital where she was treated and has been released.
VADER MAN HOSPITALIZED AFTER MOTORCYCLE WRECK IN WINLOCK
• A motorcyclist traveling in the wrong lane of South Military Road on a 25 mph curve yesterday nearly struck an oncoming pickup truck and then hit a van following the pickup, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. The 60-year-old Vader man was taken to St. John Medical Center in Longview with a possible broken right arm and foot, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. It happened about 4:30 p.m. at he intersection at Roth Road, just south of state Route 505 in Winlock, Brown said. The 56-year-old Winlock woman driving the van was reportedly uninjured.
YOUNG TEEN LOCKED UP FOLLOWING SCISSOR THREAT
• A 13-year-old boy who allegedly threatened to stab someone with scissors was arrested for second-degree assault after police went to a Centralia address on the 900 block of Johnson Road Monday afternoon. The boy, whose name was not released because he is a juvenile, was booked in to the Lewis County juvenile detention facility.
MALE WITH HEROIN HOSPITALIZED
• Centralia police reported yesterday they found discovered heroin on a male found under the influence and hospitalized following an approximately 4:10 p.m. contact with police on Monday at the 200 block of West Maple Street. Further details were not reported by police.
STOLEN VEHICLE
• Chehalis police reported yesterday an officer took a report of a stolen vehicle from State Avenue the afternoon before.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter