Rogers Road wreck. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Fire District 6
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A 19-year-old Chehalis man was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with major trauma to his arm yesterday afternoon after his vehicle collided with a utility pole and knocked down power lines at the 200 block of Rogers Road south of Chehalis. Firefighters called about 3:45 p.m. indicate the driver got himself out of the vehicle and deputies took steps right away to control the bleeding. He was transported to the airport and then flown to Seattle in stable condition, according to DJ Hammer with Lewis County Fire District 6.
ON THE RIVER, IN THE LAKE
• A 13-year-old boy was transported to Morton General Hospital as a precaution yesterday after a near drowning at the Riffe Lake Campground off Osborne Road. Firefighters called about 5:25 p.m. found the teen on the shore, conscious and alert when they arrived. “Bystanders got him out before anything happened,” Lewis County Fire District 3 Chief Doug Fosburg said. “It was a juvenile who misjudged how cold the water was and how much energy it took to get across a channel,” he said.
• A group of people were rescued from the Cowlitz River yesterday south of Salkum. Lewis County Fire District 8 Chief Duran McDaniel said he personally was not on the call but EMTs joined members of the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office in a boat to answer the approximately 5:10 p.m. call. McDaniel said three adults and two children were traveling the river in an inflatable boat or boats and fell into the water. “The Cowlitz is not a place to go out in inflatable boats anytime,” McDaniel said.
BURGLARY CENTRALIA
• Centralia police were called to the 600 block of South Pearl Street about 7:40 a.m. on Saturday where someone had broken into a closed business but nothing appeared to have been taken, according to the Centralia Police Department. The business no longer leaves valuables on site due to previous thefts, according to police.
CAR PROWL
• A vehicle prowl was reported about 10:20 p.m. yesterday at the 1200 block of North Washington Avenue in Centralia in which pills and a bottle of nail polish was stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• An individual reported about 11:30 a.m. on Saturday that sometime overnight someone entered her vehicle at the 100 block of Lilac Lane in Centralia and stole her purse, according to the Centralia Police Department.
OTHER THEFT
• An individual reported $200 missing from her wallet at the 1300 block of Alexander Avenue in Centralia at about 5:40 p.m. yesterday, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• An individual reported the theft of two large tool boxes that contained miscellaneous hand and power tools from the 600 block of M Street in Centralia at about 8:30 a.m. on Friday, according to the Centralia Police Department.
GENERAL MAYHEM
• A 49-year-old Centralia resident was arrested after police were called about 7:40 p.m. on Saturday to the 2400 block of North Pearl Street after he was witnessed allegedly stopping traffic, yelling at passing cars, pulling signs out of yards and causing general mayhem for no apparent reason, according to the Centralia Police Department. Brian L. Schmidt was booked into the Lewis County Jail for disorderly conduct, according to police.
EARTH SHAKES
• A 2.3 magnitude earthquake struck at 1:16 p.m. yesterday roughly halfway between Morton and Cinebar, according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. The quake was less than a mile deep, according to PNSN.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, probation violation, no contact order violation, drinking in public, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, driving with no license, operating a motor vehicle without an interlock device; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, suicidal person, suspicious circumstances, vehicle accident … and more among 526 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter