By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A collision early this morning between a semi truck and a passenger vehicle on Interstate 5 south of Napavine sent a 37-year-old Centralia man to the hospital.
Shawn Gammon was northbound near milepost 66 when the left-side front of his pickup truck struck the rear right corner of a 2008 Peterbilt, according to the Washington State Patrol.
A trooper called to the scene about 4:40 a.m. reported Gammon’s truck then ran into the center concrete barrier.
Gammon was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with cuts to his face and soreness in his back and neck, the state patrol reported. His 2007 Nissan Frontier was totaled.
The driver of the big rig was reportedly uninjured.
The wreck follows another one at about 8:15 p.m. last night in which a woman was hospitalized after a rollover accident on Interstate 5 in Chehalis.
Troopers called to the northbound lanes near the Chamber of Commerce Way interchange found the 2004 GMC Envoy on its top.
Eileen M. Morgan, 55, of Elma, was northbound when she tried to change lanes, noticed a vehicle next to her and overcorrected losing control of her vehicle, according to the state patrol.
Morgan was taken to Providence with a cut to her head, according to the investigating trooper. Her vehicle was destroyed.