Updated at 6:46 p.m.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A Chevrolet Suburban carrying four Chehalis residents spun out of control on Interstate 5 and flipped onto its top just north of the Toledo-Winlock interchange this afternoon.
The driver, 41-year-old Michelle A. Hall Fonenette, and her teenage passengers were all taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with what looked to be minor injuries, according to responders.
Lewis County Fire District 15 called just before 1 p.m. to the northbound lanes near milepost 64 found the occupants had all self extricated, according to Firefighter Patrick Jacobson. The vehicle was totaled.
According to the Washington State Patrol, the driver moved to the left to avoid striking another vehicle and when she drove onto the rumble strip and gravel median, she lost control and her Suburban swerved to the right across both lanes, spinning around and then landing on its top on the shoulder.
The youngsters with her were Mikah D. Hall Fonenette, 16; Dimitri J. Hall Fonenette, 16; and Israel Cowger, 15, according to the state patrol.
Jacobson said the wreck followed another one in the southbound lanes in the same area by less than an hour. Four occupants of a passenger car were all uninjured when it collided with a semi truck, Jacobson said.
A multiple vehicle accident farther north at the southbound exit to Harrison Avenue sent two people to the hospital later today.
Riverside Fire Authority Capt. Casey McCarthy said it appeared it may have been a moderate to low speed rear ending type incident. The patients had possible minor injuries, he said.
Troopers called about 4 p.m. found a Ford Explorer carrying a Rochester couple had exited the freeway and struck the rear of a pickup truck in a line of three vehicles stopped for the traffic light. All four vehicles were damaged, according to the state patrol.
Daniel R. Miller, 72, of Rochester, was cited for traveling too fast, according to the investigating trooper. Taken to Providence Centralia Hospital were his passenger, Cheralyne Miller, 72, and the driver of the Toyota pickup, Kenneth C. Floyd, 62, from Rainier.