By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A trooper’s patrol car was totaled today when he pulled onto Centralia-Alpha Road and ran into a dump truck.
Trooper Robert Moore was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with a sore neck and back after the approximately 2 p.m. collision, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Moore has already been released from the hospital, according to state patrol Sgt. Jeff Speer.
“He’s ok, shaken up a little bit,” Speer said this evening.
Moore, 36, was eastbound on Coal Creek Road about four miles east of Chehalis, stopped at a stop sign and then made a left turn onto Centralia-Alpha Road, according to the state patrol. He struck a 1993 Kenworth dump truck which was traveling north on Centralia-Alpha Road.
The dump truck had the right-of-way, Speer said.
Its driver, Theadore Shannon, 67, of Centralia, was reportedly uninjured.
The 2008 Ford Crown Victoria hit the truck in the truck’s left side, the patrol reported. The truck sustained an estimated $3,000 damage and was able to be driven from the scene, according to the state patrol.
“It’s unfortunate, these things do happen,” Speer said. “They do happen, and we deal with it.”
Both men were wearing seat belts. The collision remains under investigation.
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