QUICK DRAW CHAMP SHOOTS SELF IN LEG
• A Tenino area man who told deputies he is a national “quick draw” champion was injured when he was practicing in his living room and his .45 caliber revolver discharged before it cleared its holster, the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office said this morning. It happened on the 17,800 block of Brittney Lane Southwest on Friday afternoon. The projectile lodged under the skin above his knee, and the 53-year-old told deputies he thought it was not a round – because the gun is normally loaded with blanks – but was the packing for the cartridge, according to the sheriff’s office. However, it was a .45 caliber bullet that put a hole in his holster and entered his thigh, according to the sheriff’s office. Medics said the injury was not life-threatening, Lt. Chris Mealy said this morning.
FEMALE CALLS POLICE, GETS ARRESTED
• A woman who contacted Centralia police yesterday about her vehicle being impounded found herself in jail after an officer discovered she had an outstanding municipal court warrant and then a search turned up suspected methamphetamine. Rachel L. Myers, 22, of Oakville, was arrested and then booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
MAN ARRESTED WITH STOLEN VEHICLE
• A 41-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday morning for driving with a suspended license and possession a stolen vehicle after a contact with an officer about 10 a.m. near exit 82 in Centralia. Keith A. Obrist was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
TEAM WORK AT GLASS PLANT PAYS OFF, FIRE DEPT. SAYS
• Lewis County Fire District 5 is praising the emergency response team in place at Cardinal Glass in Winlock after an incident yesterday morning in which 911 was called for an employee having chest pains. Fire Districts 5 and 15 have been training with the industrial plants in-house responders, something that yesterday morning helped achieve what Fire Lt. Laura Hanson called a seamless response at the plant with multiple buildings and doors. The man, whose name and age were not released, was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital and then transferred to Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia where he was in critical condition yesterday afternoon, Hanson said.
COLLISION SENDS CAR OFF FREEWAY INTO WATER
• A car was pushed off Interstate 5 into about two feet of water yesterday near Centralia when a pickup truck changed lanes and collided with the car. Troopers were called just before 6 p.m. to the northbound lanes in between Mellen Street and Chamber of Commerce Way. The 62-year-old Tumwater woman in the wrecked Nissan Maxima was reportedly uninjured. A 43-year-old motorist from Raymond was cited for an unsafe lane change, according to the state patrol.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter