[1]Responders had to use hydraulic equipment to free a male and a female from wrecked truck. / Courtesy photo by Riverside Fire Authority
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Four people were hurt, two of them seriously, when two pickup trucks collided at North Pearl and West Third streets in Centralia this morning.
Firefighters responding to the scene about 9 a.m. found a male and a female unconscious with traumatic injuries who had to be extricated from a red pickup truck, using hydraulic tools. Their vehicle had sustained heavy front end damage, according to Riverside Fire Authority.
A third occupant of the red truck got himself out, according to the fire department.
All three were transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, Fire Capt. Scott Weinert stated. The male and female in their late 20s or 30s were in serious condition.
The other vehicle was a white pickup truck pulling a landscape trailer which was damaged on its passenger side and front end, according to Weinert. The occupant of the white truck was evaluated on the scene and declined an ambulance ride to the hospital but was taken there by a family member, according to Weinert.
The Centralia Police Department is investigating.
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[2]At North Pearl and West Third streets this morning. / Courtesy photo by Riverside Fire Authority