News brief: Driver injured south of Chehalis on I-5

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Responders at one-car crash off Interstate 5 near exit 72 / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Fire District 5

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – Firefighters called to a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 5 south of Chehalis this morning found a car that had collided with a light pole and several trees, according to Lewis County Fire District 5.

It happened just before 10 a.m. in the northbound lanes near exit 72, according to Fire Lt. Laura Hanson.

The driver – the car’s only occupant – was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with injuries that called for an ambulance staffed with advanced life support personnel, according to Hanson.

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