By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – A 77-year-old woman from Shelton was injured on Interstate 5 in Chehalis today when she changed lanes and collided with another car and then rolled over the concrete center barrier and hit two vehicles coming the other direction.
Lorraine I. Lightbody suffered a broken leg and cuts to her face after the approximately 1:30 p.m. four-car wreck near the Chamber of Commerce interchange, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Her 2002 Ford Taurus and two other vehicles were totaled, the state patrol reported.
Lightbody was northbound and the northbound car she first struck was driven by Judith C. Oakes, 69, of Centralia, the state patrol reported. Oakes was reportedly uninjured, but her 2006 Pontiac Vibe also rolled over and came to rest on its top, according to the investigating trooper.
One of the southbound vehicles, driven by a Redmond man, went off the road to the right and came to rest in the grass. It sustained an estimated $2,000 damage. The other was a Dodge Ram pickup driven by a Lynnwood resident
Lightbody was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, the parol reported.
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