News brief: Passenger injured when pinned under vehicle in Capitol Forest

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

A women was pinned under a vehicle in the Capitol Forest when she was sitting on the passenger window sill and the vehicle hit a stump and rolled onto its right side yesterday.

Troopers called about 4:30 a.m. yesterday to an unpaved trail near the D4000 line reported Jamie L. Voight, 31, of Gig Harbor, was taken to Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia.

The driver, David W. Guritz, 32, and a 15-year-old passenger Trevor L. Bartley, both of Olympia, were unhurt, according to the Washington State Patrol. None of the occupants were wearing seatbelts.

The 2005 Chevrolet 1500 sustained an estimated $4,000 damage and was impounded.

The accident is under investigation, but troopers report drugs or alcohol were involved.

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