This news item was updated at 3:25 p.m. on Friday June 3, 2011
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – A 32-year-old Chehalis man was killed when his car hit a power pole overnight east of Chehalis, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Troopers were called about 2:30 a.m. to the 1500 block of Centralia-Alpha Road where a 1993 Subaru Legacy was wrecked, the state patrol reported.
Colter Dunivin died from his injuries, according to the Lewis County Coroner’s Office.
His car had been heading southbound and failed to negotiate a sweeping right hand curve, according to the patrol. It traveled over the centerline and off the road before colliding with the pole, according to the investigating trooper.
It’s unknown if drugs or alcohol were involved, the state patrol reported.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
This is just heartbreaking again. It’s time we really look at putting up guard rails on this road. It’s the same sad thing over and over and it can happen to anyone. There’s a very bad section in this road with a gradual downhill slope that if your not careful your car begins to gain speed, then there’s a bunch of patches of blacktop that frequently ice over and are very rough and to makes things worse curves with drop offs. Once you make it past the last curve if you don’t know the road well or your an inexperienced driver there’s a good possibility of crashing your car off one of those cliffs. It would be great if the county could put up warning signs, rough road ahead or guard rails. It will save future lives. Was really sad driving by a memorial this morning with a bunch of kids placing flowers down next to senn an Alfa p. Roads. Hard to see a bunch of crying kids. We should try to see what we can do to improve this road.