{"id":3117,"date":"2010-11-11T15:03:01","date_gmt":"2010-11-11T23:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=3117"},"modified":"2010-11-11T15:03:01","modified_gmt":"2010-11-11T23:03:01","slug":"news-brief-100-mph-crash-kills-rochester-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=3117","title":{"rendered":"News brief: 100 mph crash kills Rochester woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3119\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/2010.1111.front_.fatal_.roch-Copying_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3119\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3119\" title=\"front Pontiac Sunfire\" src=\"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/2010.1111.front_.fatal_.roch-Copying_2.jpg\" alt=\"2010.1111.front.fatal.roch Copying_2\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/2010.1111.front_.fatal_.roch-Copying_2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/2010.1111.front_.fatal_.roch-Copying_2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The front of the Pontiac Sunfire. \/ Courtesy photo Washington State Patrol.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker<br \/>\nLewis County Sirens news reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The state patrol estimates a 45-year-old woman was driving more than 100 mph when she ran into a utility pole and died overnight in Rochester.<\/p>\n<p>Troopers called at midnight to 183rd Street Southwest near Empire Street reported that Carla A. Whitaker, of Rochester, was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Whitaker was traveling westbound when her 2002 Pontiac Sunfire left the road for unknown reasons, according to the Washington State Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>The collision so severe, the vehicle broke into two pieces which came to rest more than 150 feet apart, according to the patrol.<\/p>\n<p>There was no indication she was wearing a seatbelt and it&#8217;s not known if drugs or alcohol were involved, according to the investigating trooper.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3118\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/2010.1111.fatal_.rochear-Copying_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3118\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3118\" title=\"rear pontiac sunfire\" src=\"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/2010.1111.fatal_.rochear-Copying_2.jpg\" alt=\"2010.1111.fatal.rochear Copying_2\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/2010.1111.fatal_.rochear-Copying_2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/2010.1111.fatal_.rochear-Copying_2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The rear of the Pontiac Sunfire. \/ Courtesy photo Washington State Patrol.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker Lewis County Sirens news reporter The state patrol estimates a 45-year-old woman was driving more than 100 mph when she ran into a utility pole and died overnight in Rochester. Troopers called at midnight to 183rd Street Southwest near Empire Street reported that Carla A. Whitaker, of Rochester, was pronounced dead [&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-3117","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\/3117","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=3117"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3123,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3117\/revisions\/3123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}