FATAL WRECK
• A 25-year-old driver lost his life on Centralia-Alpha Road southeast of Chehalis last night when his car struck a tree, according to Lewis County FIre District 6. Firefighters were called at 8:50 p.m. by a motorist who had to drive to her parents house to call 911, because of no cell phone service, Firefighter Mike Goodwillie said. It happened just before Senn Road, on a very dangerous stretch of Centralia-Alpha, Goodwillie said. It appeared as though he spun out, and the driver’s compartment impacted a large tree down an embankment, he said. He was the only occupant in the vehicle. Goodwillie said the family whose phone was used previously lost their son in a wreck on that road, and he himself can recall two other fatal accidents in the area.
CAR VERSUS BUILDING
• Firefighters were called about 8:20 p.m. yesterday to the 600 block of St. Helens Avenue in Chehalis where a car ran into a house. The vehicle sustained significant front end damage and the woman driving was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital with a broken leg and facial lacerations, according to the Chehalis Fire Department.
POLICE ASSAULTED
• A 37-year-old Centralia man was was arrested about 7 p.m. yesterday after he allegedly assaulted two officers who were trying to take him into custody. It happened at the 600 block of Jefferson Street, according to the Centralia Police Department. Ernesto Monrroy-Hernandez was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree assault, according to police. Details about why police were initially detaining Monrroy-Hernandez were not readily available.
DOMESTIC INCIDENT
• A 21-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for second-degree robbery domestic violence yesterday in connection with a 2 p.m. call to West Plum Street. Edward K. Gonzalez was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
WTH?
• Centralia police were called just before 2 p.m. yesterday to the 200 block of North King Street because someone had stolen a dead house plant from the front porch of a home.
NOT-SO-FUNNY MONEY
• An officer took a report yesterday afternoon from a business on the 100 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia about a $5 bill which had been altered to look like a $100 bill.
VANDALISM
• Someone scratched the pain on a vehicle and slashed all four tires at Washington Avenue and Pear Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 1:15 p.m. on Friday.
• Someone threw a rock and broke a window at the 300 block of North Gold Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police on Friday morning.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespass, disorderly conduct, driving under the influence; responses for domestic misdemeanor assault … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
So if I am reading the fatal wreck correctly, the motorist that reported the call had also lost a family member along that same stretch? What a painful memory for them all!