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WRECKS
• A 55-year-old man riding a motorcycle was injured this morning east of Packwood when he traveled off the roadway and hit several rocks in a ditch. Gregory P. Kessel, of Olympia, was headed east when he wrecked near milepost 139 of U.S. Highway 12, according to the Washington State Patrol. Troopers responding at 8:30 a.m. found his 2012 Yamaha XVS was totaled, according to the state patrol. Kessel was transported to Morton General Hospital, the investigating trooper reports.
• The Washington State Patrol reported yesterday a Centralia man has died following a June 11 two-vehicle collision on Interstate 5 near the Nisqually Bridge. Louis G. Moore, 81, was transported to Tacoma General Hospital after the early morning wreck in which his car rear-ended a GMC Terrain, according to the state patrol.
FRAUD
• Centralia police were called yesterday afternoon to the 800 block of Sunrise Lane about an identity theft. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.
SHOPLIFTING
• Centralia police were called at 2:07 p.m. yesterday after a female pushed a cart full of groceries through the self checkout line and out the door at Safeway without paying. She was seen loading them into a turquoise colored Saturn – driven by a male with a beard – which fled the area of the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CAR PROWL
• Police were called yesterday afternoon by an individual who said their vehicle was prowled on the 100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia a week earlier.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, misdemeanor assault, protection order violation, driving under the influence, protection order violation, driving with suspended license; responses for collision on city street … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Hey Bill S: If you aren’t trying to make some kind of insinuation about this particular man why even bring it up?
Hey Sleeping Giant: Are you saying the rule of law should be ignored? The soup lines you speak of are because of donations from generous people. That proves there are places to go and theft is not necessary.
You tell ’em Denise!!
Hey… 55 is not old.
I’m close to that age and I am in better physical shape, have gained triple the wisdom and am a more cautious driver now than I ever was in my 20’s or 30’s.
Did it say he had alcohol in his system? Then he didn’t.
The wreck happened at 8:30AM anyhow – not during Happy Hour.
Those “Moving Couches” being more dangerous are like saying a Cadillac is more dangerous.
More riders in the spring mean more crashes, plain & simple.
Packwood is becoming a huge motorcycle destination. People just riding for the day from the Puget Sound metro area, West Lewis County and Yakima areas on their loud moving couch type cycles as well as the adventure bike people on their route from White Salmon through Ellensburg.
A lot of the older moving couch people stop at the local tavern and get lubed up before continuing on their way. Not saying he was, but a 55 year old man who buys a moving couch type motorcycle in his old age and stops for a few toddies my have not have the expertise or coordination to keep it on the road on his way home.
Not everybody gets food stamps, sometimes you just gotta eat. Just imagine what would happen if they shut off the Soup Line. Total chaos