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ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• Firefighters were called just before 8 p.m. yesterday to a rollover crash at the 16800 block of Old Highway 99 west of Tenino. Two patients – the driver and a child – were transported to the hospital by medics, according to Thurston County Fire District 12.
• A 29-year-old motorist was injured yesterday after he lost control of his car after passing a truck on the right-hand shoulder of Interstate 5 near Winlock. The Washington State Patrol reports Ngoc H. Nguyen, from Lacey, clipped the International flatbed truck when trying to re-enter the right lane, causing his Honda Accord to spin around, cross both lanes and strike the inside concrete barrier. Troopers called about 2:20 p.m. to the scene near milepost 64 planned to issue a citation for negligent driving. Nguyen was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital. The 25-year-old Centralia man driving the flatbed was uninjured.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, drugs, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for dispute, runaway teen, civil issue, third-degree theft, first-degree theft investigation, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, 17-year-old boy arrested and booked into juvenile detention for kicking three dents in his mother’s vehicle … and more, among 157 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:50 a.m. today.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter