WOMAN CRASHES ON ATV
• A 70-year-old woman was injured yesterday when an ATV she was riding rolled over on the 100 block of Avery Road East south of Chehalis, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies called to the scene about 4:30 p.m. reported the woman was hospitalized, but not with life-threatening injuries.
MAN WRECKS ON BRIDGE
• Part of North Pearl Street in Centralia was closed for nearly an hour yesterday afternoon after a small pickup truck hit the bridge over the Skookumchuck River and rolled over. Firefighters called about 4:50 p.m. had to cut the roof off the vehicle to get the adult male driver out, according to Riverside Fire Authority Ca[t. Scott Snyder. He was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with what were described as minor injuries to his face. Centralia police are investigating whether he was driving under the influence.
WOMAN CRASHES ON MOTORCYCLE
• A 52-year-old woman was taken to Morton General Hospital late yesterday afternoon after she crashed her motorcycle along U.S. Highway 12 east of Packwood. Troopers called about 5:50 p.m. reported Terri L. Kiehl, of Yakima, was headed eastbound when she failed to negotiate a left-hand curve and her motorcycle traveled down an embankment running into some brush and a downed tree. Kiehl suffered injuries to her back, throat and an ankle, according to the Washington State Patrol. Her 1986 Honda VT1100 was described as totaled. The investigating trooper noted she was driving too fast.
THEFT
• A deputy was called yesterday about the theft of parts of a tent stolen from behind Fischer’s Market in Randle. The loss is estimated at $1,250, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Missing are five panels each measuring eight feet tall by 20 feet long, according to the sheriff’s office. The custom-made panels are white with orange and yellow stripes and vanished sometime since June 30, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
• Centralia police were called yesterday morning about the theft of a guitar from a vehicle on the 2500 block of Ford Prairie Avenue.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter