By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – A Chehalis couple were seriously injured when their vehicle wrecked along the 3100 block of Jackson Highway yesterday, rolling onto its top and coming to rest against a utility pole.
Deputies and aid responding to the 1:20 p.m. call to the scene south of Chehalis found the 78-year-old driver with a severe chest injury and his wife with a possible broken neck, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said the husband may have fallen asleep, before the Dodge Ram pickup hit the ditch and came out rolling. The truck was totaled, Brown said.
Both patients were transported to Providence Centralia Hospital and then transferred to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, according to Newaukum Valley Fire and Rescue Firefighter Maria Kennedy.
Brown said the man had been wearing his seat belt, but his 76-year-old passenger could not remember if she was or not.