By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A Winlock fire commissioner who works as a Toledo police officer is in fair condition this morning at Providence Centralia Hospital after a motorcycle accident yesterday.
Randy S. Pennington, 59, of Winlock, laid his motorcycle down when a pickup truck pulled out in front of him at Walnut and Front streets in Winlock yesterday morning, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Pennington suffered cuts and bruised hip, according to the state patrol. It happened about 8 a.m.
He was on his way to the Toledo Police Department on its 2001 Kawasaki KZ1000, according to Sgt. Ted DeHart. It sustained an estimated $1,000 damage, according to the state patrol.
A 23-year-old Winlock woman began to turn onto Walnut when she noticed the motorcycle and stopped in the roadway, forcing Pennington to swerve, the patrol reported.
No citations have been issued yet.
Also yesterday, a motorcycle wreck on state Route 6 near Chehalis sent another man to Providence.
Aid and troopers were called about 6:30 p.m. to the scene near Donahoe Road. The motorcyclist was wearing a helmet, DeHart said.
The motorcyclist was a 55-year-old Olympia resident, Byron K. Roberts. Other details were not readily available.
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