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PEDESTRIAN KILLED ON I-5 NEAR WINLOCK

• A motorist attempting to retrieve an item that had fallen from his truck was hit by a car on Interstate 5 last night south of Chehalis. Troopers called at 7:50 p.m. to the southbound lanes just north of the Winlock-Toledo interchange report that Matthew B. Hearn, 46, of Castle Rock, died at Providence Centralia Hospital. The driver of the Toyota Camry that struck him was unhurt, according to the Washington State Patrol. The southbound lanes were closed until about 10 p.m., according to the state Department of Transportation.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called about 6:45 a.m. today to the 500 block of East Maple Street where someone stole a stereo and amplifier from a vehicle. It had been left unlocked, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Police were called about 10 p.m. yesterday regarding two parked vehicles getting egged at the 900 block of Johnson Road in Centralia.

COLLISION

• No charges are expected in a fatality collision yesterday morning a mile east of McCleary in which an eastbound pickup truck crossed the centerline and hit an oncoming log truck driven by a Rochester man. Troopers called about 8:40 a.m. to the wreck on state Route 108 found the 2004 Ford pickup and the unloaded log truck on the westbound shoulder, according to the Washington State Patrol. Randall R. Russell, 52, of Rochester, was reportedly uninjured. Ernest J. Eichhorn Jr., 34, from Lacey died, the state patrol reports. Both men were wearing seat belts. The roadway was fully blocked for more than five hours.

ROCHESTER RESIDENTIAL FIRE

• One of two people that escaped a fire in a Rochester duplex yesterday was treated for possible smoke inhalation, according to West Thurston Regional Fire Authority. Firefighters called at about 11:40 p.m. to the 6600 block of Southwest 188th Avenue found heavy flames and smoke on one side and extinguished the blaze, according to Lt. Lanette Dyer. Nobody was home at the time in the second unit, but it sustained heavy smoke damage, Dyer reported. A dog was unaccounted for, Dyer said. The female wasn’t taken to the hospital. An explosion reported by several individuals turned out to be what Dyer called a pressure tank for the water. Crews from five other departments assisted. The cause is being investigated, she said.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, probation violation, malicious mischief, driving under the influence; responses for misdemeanor theft, collision on city street … and more.

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Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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