Updated at 6:14 p.m.
HIKING ACCIDENT
• A 27-year-old Portland man hiking the Pacific Crest Trail was retrieved by members of Packwood Search and Rescue yesterday after an injury sustained when he slipped on the edge of a snow field and fell about 50 feet. The hiker called 911 on his cell phone just before 5 o’clock yesterday morning and said it happened the evening before and he had made it back to his camp site planning to wait until morning then walk out, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s Cmdr. Steve Aust said the hiker found however he was in severe pain with a deep cut to his knee and realized he needed help. He was about two miles south of the White Pass Ski Area, Aust said. A sheriff’s office Search and Rescue coordinator and others brought the injured hiker down a ski lift and he was taken to the hospital by friends, according to Aust.
THEFT
• Centralia police responded about 10 p.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue to a report someone left the store with a cart-full of unpaid for groceries loaded them into a vehicle and drove away.
• Chehalis police took a report yesterday of money stolen from a business on Southwest Chehalis Avenue. The case is under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• A 41-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested for third-degree theft after she was allegedly seen taking mail from a mailbox on the 2100 block of Southwest Salsbury Avenue in Chehalis. An officer responding about 8 p.m. booked Cynthia Davis into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
DRUGS
• A 25-year-old Winlock man was arrested for possession of suspected methamphetamine following a traffic stop about 4:30 a.m. today near the 300 block of South Market Street in Chehalis. Nicolas E. Dodrill was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
THE WAL-MART BEAT
• Chehalis police were called about 9:25 a.m. yesterday to a report of a male hitting his child outside of Wal-Mart. An officer found no injury to the child and viewed video of the incident, concluding the individual did nothing criminal, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The child was acting out and was being given a “time out”, detective Sgt. Gary WIlson said.
• Chehalis police were called about 7 p.m. yesterday to a report of a male hitting his child outside of Wal-Mart. An officer was unable to locate the pair, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
OUCH
• Aid was called to Safeway in Centralia yesterday afternoon when an individual with a seriously cut hand came inside to get help. Someone had bought a beverage for the homeless man and when he tried to open in the parking lot by smashing it on the curb, he cut his right hand, Riverside Fire Authority Firefighter-paramedic Jennifer Ternan said. He was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, she said.
COLLISIONS
• Centralia police were called about 12:25 p.m. yesterday to the 900 block of Harrison Avenue where a vehicle reportedly hit a dog and then backed up striking a vehicle and the drove away.
• A motorcyclist was hospitalized after slamming into the driver’s side of a mini van he said pulled out in front of him on the 3200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia yesterday afternoon. “He estimated he was going 40 to 50 mph, northbound,” Riverside Fire Authority Firefighter-paramedic Jennifer Ternan said. Responders called about 5:20 p.m. found the 40-year-old patient was wearing a helmet, but he sustained serious injuries to his chest and neck, Ternan said. Nobody in the van was hurt, she said. The 63-year-old Centralia woman driving the van was cited for failing to yield the right-of-way and not having auto insurance, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for misdemeanor assault, malicious mischief; responses for alarms, dispute, protection order violation, suspicious circumstances, hit and run, collision on city street, rollover accident off county road, dog locked inside parked vehicle, vehicle getting “egged”; complaints of barking dog, noisy neighbors … and more.
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CORRECTION: The item regarding the collision between the van and the motorcycle has been updated to reflect the correct age of the van’s driver.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter