{"id":13306,"date":"2012-07-12T20:34:29","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T03:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=13306"},"modified":"2012-07-12T20:39:47","modified_gmt":"2012-07-13T03:39:47","slug":"news-brief-van-versus-motorcycle-wreck-in-ethel-leaves-two-with-broken-legs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=13306","title":{"rendered":"News brief: Van versus motorcycle wreck leaves two with broken legs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker<br \/>\nLewis County Sirens news reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A couple from Yakima County were airlifted after their motorcycle collided with a van this afternoon on U.S. Highway 12 in Ethel.<\/p>\n<p>Aid and troopers were called about 3:25 p.m. to the intersection at Leonard Road found the Harley Davidson upside down in the ditch as well as its riders, according to responders.<\/p>\n<p>Randy Gomez, 51, had a broken leg; Irene Gomez, 50, had two broken legs, according to the Washington State Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis County Fire District 8 Chief Duran McDaniel said they called for LifeFlight because they were open fractures.<\/p>\n<p>The Gomezs, from Moxee, were headed west when an eastbound van made a left turn in front of them, according to the state patrol.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the Mercury Villager, Beverly Overbay, 70, from Mossyrock, was reportedly uninjured.<\/p>\n<p>Both vehicles were described as totaled.<\/p>\n<p>Randy Gomez was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle; Irene Gomez was flown to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, Wash., the state patrol reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker Lewis County Sirens news reporter A couple from Yakima County were airlifted after their motorcycle collided with a van this afternoon on U.S. Highway 12 in Ethel. Aid and troopers were called about 3:25 p.m. to the intersection at Leonard Road found the Harley Davidson upside down in the ditch as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9,10],"class_list":["post-13306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs","tag-by-sharyn-l-decker","tag-news-reporter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13306"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13311,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13306\/revisions\/13311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}