FIVE BIG RIGS AND 13 PASSENGER VEHICLES WRECK DURING RAINSTORM
• Drivers traveling too fast in rainy conditions are blamed for several collisions on Interstate 5 between Napavine and Centralia yesterday morning that included 13 cars and five semi-trucks. Troopers responded to five wrecks between about 9 a.m. and noon in the southbound lanes, according to the Washington State Patrol. Sgt. Ted DeHart said none resulted in very serious injuries. Three individuals, however, were taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with potentially serious injuries after four vehicles – including a big rig – collided in their area, according to Lewis County Fire District 5. Also, an adult male as airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after a pickup truck was T-boned at Rush and Hamilton roads, according to District Five Firefighter Brad Bozarth.
VEHICLE VERSUS PEDESTRIAN
• A man was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital after what was described as a minor accident between a vehicle and a pedestrian about 8 p.m. last night in Centralia. The adult male was transported as a precaution after the incident at West Walnut and Iron streets, according to Riverside Fire Authority.
FRAUD
• Centralia police were called yesterday afternoon to take a report at the 1100 block of Stillwaters Avenue about somebody using a woman’s credit card online.
VANDALISM
• Chehalis police took a report yesterday morning of a rear window being smashed out of a Volkswagen Jetta parked outside a residence at the 100 block of Second Street.
FIREFIGHTERS PULL MAN OUT OF BERRY BUSHES
• Firefighters had to use ropes to rescue a Napavine-area man who stumbled over the edge of a steep bank in a vacant lot and got tangled in some berry bushes on Tuesday evening. Members of Lewis County Fire District 5 called about 5:30 p.m. to the area at the end of Ridgeview Drive said he suffered only minor scratches. District Five Firefighter Brad Bozarth said the man was trying to get a ball for some children when he fell.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter