Updated at 7:45 p.m.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A woman in her 70s was airlifted after a head-on crash in Onalaska this afternoon.
Firefighters from three districts responded to the collision just after 2 p.m. on Middle Fork Road, just east of Dluhosh Road, according to Lewis County Fire District 1 Chief Mark Conner.
Responders had to cut off the roof of her mid-sized pickup to get her out, Conner said.
A helicopter landed at Onalaska High School to pick her up, he said. The woman, Patricia I. Gault, 76, of Onalaska, was flown to Peace Health Southwest Hospital in Vancouver with head injuries and severe leg trauma, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Sheryl L. Unger, 61, also of Onalaska, was driving a 2002 Jeep eastbound when she went over the centerline at a curve and ran into the pickup, according to the state patrol.
Both vehicles were totaled.
Unger was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital with facial lacerations, the investigating trooper reported.
The speed limit on that stretch of road is 40 mph, according to the fire chief.