Responders work to extricate a motorist from his vehicle after it collides with a tree on Mellen Street. / Courtesy photo by Jessica Munn
VAN HITS TREE
• A driver who became unconscious because of a medical condition was trapped in his van after it ran off the road, sheared off a power pole and ran into a tree, leaving utility lines on the ground in Centralia yesterday. “He appeared to be okay, definitely shaken up,” said Jessica Munn who watched the vehicle drive up onto the sidewalk on the 1100 block of Mellen Street. Munn said she pulled over to check and see if the man was alright and watched as crews cut his vehicle to extricate him. Police, firefighters and personnel from Centralia City Light responded to the approximately 10 a.m. wreck. The pole was stabilized and the patient transported by ambulance to Providence Centralia Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to Riverside Fire Authority and the Centralia Police Department. All lanes of Mellen Street were closed during emergency operations.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A 24-year-old woman from Florida was arrested for eluding and related offenses after her 2014 Mercedes collided with a traffic island and curb at the LaBree Road interchange of Interstate 5 south of Chehalis last night. It was about 11:20 p.m. and the car was carrying two passengers, from Fort Lauderdale, according to the Washington State Patrol. The southbound car exited the freeway and continued through the intersection, speeding and failing to yield to a traffic device, according to the state patrol. Information released by the state patrol didn’t address why the car was being pursued but indicated a male and a female in their mid-20s were taken to Providence Centralia Hospital. One was injured and the other was transported for precautionary reasons, according to the state patrol. The driver, Georgina M. Jadgeosingh, was booked into the Lewis County Jail also for vehicular assault.
ATTEMPTED FRAUD
• Chehalis police were contacted by an individual yesterday who reported someone attempted to hack into their computer and get them to pay money to protect it.
DISPUTE
• Nobody was arrested, nobody was assaulted and someone may or may not have pointed a gun at someone yesterday on Southwest Pacific Avenue in Chehalis, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Officers were called about 5:30 p.m. for a disturbance where people had been arguing and both sides were pointing fingers at each other, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspend license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, collision on city street … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter