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News brief: Out of control driver exits Interstate 5 into Centralia pasture

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

A Longview motorist got a laceration on his head and a DUI after he wrecked on Interstate 5 in Centralia today and launched off the right shoulder, through a ditch, over a side road and drove approximately 500 feet into a field.

It happened about 2:30 p.m. beginning in the southbound lanes near milepost 80, according to the Washington State Patrol.

His 1996 Ford pickup truck was totaled.

According to the state patrol, Tony R. Wyatt, 52, struck the inside concrete barrier and continued along it for about 100 feet before swerving right and hitting a semi truck. His pickup became broadside and accelerated sharply to the west crossing AIrport Way, the patrol reported.

Drugs or alcohol were involved, the investigating trooper noted.

The big rig left the scene before a trooper arrived.

Wyatt was taken by aid to Providence Centralia Hospital for treatment, according to the state patrol.