TYLER – One person was injured in a single-vehicle rollover accident early this morning on Interstate 90 near its intersection with State Route 904 at milepost 257.
According to a Washington State Patrol press memo, at approximately 1:15 a.m. June 3, 75-year-old Louis R. Walter of Olympia, Wash. was eastbound in a white Ford F-150 pickup truck when he drifted off the road to the right. His wheels went off the roadway and he overcorrected to the left, sending the vehicle across the lanes to the median.
Walter than overcorrected to the right, causing the vehicle to roll multiple times down the median where it eventually came to rest. Walter was injured and was transported to Sacred Heart Medical Center. It was not known if he was wearing a seatbelt at the time.
The State Patrol has listed the cause of the accident as wheels off the roadway. Walter has been charged with second-degree negligent driving.
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