One person was hurt when car ran into building. / Courtesy photo by Ken Brown
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A 73-year-old Onalaska woman is in satisfactory condition this morning after crashing her car into a building along state Route 508 just east of Interstate 5 yesterday afternoon.
Troopers and aid were called about 4 p.m. to the scene where the four-door sedan was covered with bricks and its single occupant trapped inside, according to responders.
Firefighters had to stabilize the car and remove part of its top to get her out, according to Lewis County Fire District 5.
Marian B. Burton had been traveling eastbound when her Buick Lucerne left the roadway, according to the Washington State Patrol. It happened about three miles east of Interstate 5.
She was airlifted to to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver. Her vehicle was described as totaled and was impounded.
Burton was to be cited for wheels off the roadway, according to the state patrol.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
It establishes the cause of the accident for any attempt by an insurance company to dodge paying for damages.
Why when your down and out someone is giving you a dam ticket… Wheels off the roadway what the hell is that about the lady is 73 and there must of been a problem of somekind.. She did not just head for the milking parlor…. Give them a brake….Really
If she had a “medical condition” and was still driving, then she should get wreckless endangerment ticket, not just wheels off the roadway.
Before they cite her for “wheels off roadway”. Maybe they should check to see if she had a medical problem first.
That’s a pretty rough way to remodel an old milking parlor.