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ON THE ROAD, ON THE HOOD
• A 14-year-old girl was hospitalized after she was hit by a car yesterday evening in a crosswalk near Safeway in Chehalis. Firefighters called about 5:15 p.m. to South Market Boulevard at 11th Street found she was not injured too seriously, her only complaints were pain in her hand and wrist, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. “It appears she maybe rode on the hood aways and when the (driver) stopped, she fell off the hood,” Fire Capt. Ted McCarty said. The patient was transported to Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, according to McCarty. He noted it was dark out and she was wearing dark clothing.
ON THE ROAD, IN FRONT OF SEMI TRUCK
• Three people were hurt when a rear-end collision on Interstate 5 south of Chehalis shoved a 2014 Mini Cooper in front of a semi truck yesterday afternoon. Troopers called about 2:45 p.m. to the northbound lanes near milepost 72 cited the 30-year-old Seattle man driving a 2006 Saab 9-2 with following too closely, according to the Washington State Patrol. He was uninjured as was the driver of the 2016 Great Dane semi, according to the state patrol. The occupants of the Mini Cooper were transported to Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia. They are driver Susan S. Hope, 53, of Portland; passenger Lindsay M. Hope, 19, from Portland; and passenger Ren W. Hope, 22, from Corvallis, Oregon.
BURGLARY CENTRALIA
• A residence in the 1000 block of West Chestnut Street in Centralia was entered and construction tools stolen, according to a report made to police just before 1 p.m. yesterday.
• Police were called just before 11 a.m. yesterday to the 500 block of Hillkress Street in Centralia where an unknown person had gone inside a residence and stole miscellaneous documents.
AUTO THEFT
• Centralia police were called just after 2 p.m. yesterday about a 1997 Honda Civic stolen overnight from the 1000 block of West First Street. The vehicle was later recovered a few blocks away but the tires were missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CAR PROWL
• Police were called about 2:20 p.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowl at the 2900 block of Mount Vista Road in Centralia. An attempt to remove the stereo caused some damage, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police are investigating an incident of malicious mischief reported just before 4:30 p.m. yesterday in which someone entered a building on the 700 block of Pioneer Way.
AND MORE
• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, fourth-degree domestic assault, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 157 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
To the first story: the pedestrian struck by a vehicle: “it was dark and she was wearing dark clothing”. Sorry that pedestrian crosswalk has the flashing yello elights. This is not the first time a pedestrian has been struck at that crosswalk.
Drivers have the responsbility to watch wear they are going. Lukcily this time a young girl was not killed.