By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Thurston County Sheriff John Snaza’s condition has been upgraded from critical to serious and he continues to improve but remains hospitalized with injuries from a motorcycle accident last week.
Sheriff John Snaza
Sheriff’s Lt. Tim Rudloff released a statement yesterday, in cooperation with Snaza’s family, reporting he was moved from the intensive care unit to a room on the general recovery floor.
“This is wonderful news for this progression of full recovery,” Rudloff wrote.
The single-vehicle accident occurred while Snaza was off duty, the evening of Aug. 23 in Sanders County, Montana. He was airlifted to to a hospital in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho with life-threatening injuries.
At mid-day on Monday, Rudloff reported that the sheriff woke up, his ventilator was removed and he was able to breathe on his own and speak. Rudloff said he seemed in good spirits and was able to communicate with his family.
Snaza, 51, is the twin brother of Lewis County Sheriff Rob Snaza.
Rudloff yesterday indicated the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office would transition to brief social media comment updates once a week.
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For background, read “Read about optimism for Thurston Sheriff Snaza’s long road to recovery … ” from Saturday August 27, here
An you were wrong about that too.
Oh great!! Bo’s out!! Hope he’s still in a different state tho!!!!
Yep you were right Bo, now the local sheriff is whacked out on Opiates and a Handy Tard.
I told evryone Brian Green was a better candidate.
I’ve been on a motorcycle doing 122 MPH in Montana (definitely wouldn’t do that now) and there’s NO way I wouldn’t have had a helmet on. If you think that seems fast on four wheels surrounded by metal, try it on two wheels with no protection. A county sheriff should’ve known better. I’ll fall short of advocating for pain in his recovery, though.
A stark demonstration, by an elected Thurston County public official,
as to why, when common sense doesn’t prevail, it’s necessary to put laws on the books to protect those so affected, from the Menasha of life.
Peabody slim: ? What does this news brief have to do with the pain centers being closed down by the DEA? Jeez. Seriously?
God Bless!
Let’s hope he gets cut off his pain medicine on his long road to recovery. The DEA closed down Seattle Pain Centers and left 45,000 people without their pain medicine, its only fair. What comes around goes around.