By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The state patrol responded to a rollover crash on state Route 508 overnight, a wreck they blame on the driver falling asleep.
Troopers and aid were called about 3 o’clock this morning to the scene south of Chehalis, about two miles east of Interstate 5.
The 19-year-old driver, Daniel S. Holmes of Chehalis, suffered cuts to his head and hand and was taken by ambulance to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol. He was treated and has been released, a hospital spokesperson said this morning.
Holmes’ 1993 Dodge Dakota was described as totaled.
The pickup truck was westbound and when Holmes nodded off, it drifted onto the left shoulder and rolled one time, coming to rest wheels down in a ditch, according to the investigating trooper.
The trooper reported he expected Holmes would be cited for wheels off the roadway.