Updated at 5:01 p.m.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Two teenage boys were hospitalized after responders were called about a vehicle versus pedestrian accident near Centralia High School this afternoon.
Riverside Fire Authority was called shortly after school got out to Mount Vista Road along the fence line for the pheasant farm, according to Firefighter-paramedic Mark Holmberg.
The pair of teenage males were taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Holmberg said.
They were struck by a small pickup truck, occupied by two 17-year-old boys, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
A half dozen students were already on hand comforting the young men when aid arrived, Holmberg said.
“Some kids from the school folded up their coats and put them under their heads,” he said.
According to the sheriff’s office, the 17-year-olds were traveling in a 1993 Ford Ranger and the 15- and 16-year-old boys were walking on the side of the road.
The boys in the truck were arguing about “which CD to play, so there was some distracted driving going on,” Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
All the boys are students at the high school, Brown said.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
One of the boys that were hit yesterday was trasported to St. Peters in Olympia after they discovered that he had broke his neck. He is doing well but will be a long recovery for him in a neck brace or halo.
Prayers for Speedy Recoveries !!