News brief: Elderly motorist injured in SR 7 wreck

Updated at 11:30 a.m.

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

An 82-year-old driver whose car collided head-on with a Kenworth septic truck yesterday afternoon near Morton was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Troopers called about 2:50 p.m. to the scene found the Honda Accord totaled.

It happened on state Route 7, three miles north of Morton, according to the Washington State Patrol.

The state patrol reports Janet A. Morgan, 82, from Eatonville, was headed northbound when her car crossed the center line. She was listed in serious condition this morning.

The driver of the truck, Matthew P. Calvert, 27, from Onalaska, reportedly was unhurt.

Both had been wearing their seat belts, according to the state patrol.

Earlier in the day also in East Lewis County, a Morton resident died and his passenger was flown to Harborview after a single-vehicle wreck on state Route 508. Lloyd L. Wakeman, 35, from Centralia, remains hospitalized, but his condition this morning was not available.

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