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DRIVER RESCUED FROM UNDER TRUCK
• A motorist ejected from his vehicle when it rolled off the road overnight found himself trapped beneath the engine compartment, according to Lewis County FIre District 3. “It was a difficult extrication,” Fire Chief Doug Fosburg said. The pickup landed maybe eight feet off the road onto a rock on an embankment, and on its top, Fosburg said. The vehicle was teetering somewhat, but its full weight was kept off the victim by surrounding trees, he said. Firefighters called about 1:40 a.m. to the 200 block of Isbell Road in Mossyrock had to get a tow truck to lift the truck up, according to the chief. The man, 31 years old from Mossyrock, was taken to Morton General Hospital. The 2006 Ford F350 was totaled. A deputy referred the case for a charge of first-degree negligent driving, and infractions of driving too fast for conditions and no seat belt, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
DRUGS
• A 51-year-old woman was arrested for possession of a controlled substance when a police officer was called to the office of the state Department of Corrections yesterday morning at the Lewis County Mall. A white crystal substance had been located and Rita F. Masters, from Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police took a report last night of graffiti on a building on the 200 block of North Washington Avenue.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, found dog, runaway teen, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter