The aftermath of failure to use safety chains when towing trailer. / Courtesy photo by Trian DelaMater
THE TINY SHIP WAS TOSSED
• A small boat took an unexpected detour off its trailer and onto the sidewalk along South Gold Street in Centralia last night, narrowly missing a building. Responders arriving after the approximately 8:30 p.m. mishap found two vehicles damaged in the used car lot belonging to Sunny Valley Sales. “We’re fortunate it actually hit the cars instead not the showroom,” Debbie Mills said. She and her husband Brad Mills had just left the business moments earlier and were at home not far away. “Brad was outside with our dogs and said he heard the worst racket ever,” she said. “Then a friend called and said you’d better get down here.” Tow truck driver Aaron Towman (not his real last name, but the name he goes by) said he believed the driver was coming down off the viaduct and the trailer began to bounce before coming unhitched. Towman said the errant trailer must have been clipping along fairly fast as its tongue stabbed through the grill of a Ford F250 pickup and the boat continued on, knocking down the business’s tall sign. That landed on the roof of a Nissan Maxima. Police say they cited the 53-year-old Onalaska man for losing his load. Marc Vonsovic was towing his trailer without safety chains, according to the Centralia Police Department. “The worst thing is, that truck was going to be sold tomorrow,” Debbie Mills said.
DRUGS AND STUFF
• A 44-year-old man from Port Hadlock was arrested about 5:30 a.m. today at the 400 block of East Plum Street in connection with a stolen Madza recovered by police there – which had recently been involved in a hit and run accident – for warrants and also for possession of methamphetamine, according to the Centralia Police Department. Earnest E. Farris was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.
CARS SHOT
• Police were called just before 11 a.m. yesterday to the 600 block of Fulton Street in Centralia where several vehicle windows were broken, apparently shot at with a BB or pellet gun, according to the Centralia Police Department. Similar reports were taken earlier in the morning on Oxford Avenue.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor domestic assault, misdemeanor theft; responses for minor collisions … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter