By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A 7-year-old boy struck by a passenger car next to the Centralia fire station yesterday afternoon was described as in serious but stable condition.
Firefighters responding at 3:20 p.m. found the child standing on the sidewalk along Center Street, off North Pearl Street, according to Riverside Fire Authority.
The Centralia resident was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital with traumatic injuries, according to the fire department. The police department summarized the little boy’s injury as a slightly bloody nose and minor.
About 10 minutes later at the other end of downtown, a deputy’s patrol car was T-boned, sending the deputy to the hospital to be checked for possible back injuries.
The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports the 17-year-old Tenino boy whose Ford Ranger hit the Ford Crown Victoria was uninjured.
That happened at the intersection of South Pearl and Cherry streets, according to the sheriff’s office.
A post made on the sheriff’s office Facebook page states the patrol car’s damage was major requiring it to be towed and said the Ranger’s damage was minor.
The deputy was traveling eastbound on Cherry and the teen south on Pearl, with the impact occurring at the driver’s side door and front quarter panel, according to the sheriff’s office.
The collision is being investigated by the Washington State Patrol, but the sheriff’s office expects a citation will be issued to the teen driver.
Earlier in the day in the same area, officers were summoned to a report of a bicyclist versus vehicle collision.
Police say the bicyclist took off and when he was found a short time later, he was unhurt but they discovered he had a warrant for his arrest. Brian M. Williams, 27, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
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