FORKS, Wash. – The Coast Guard aided the rescue of 10 people and four children Monday from a flooding residential area near Forks.

At approximately 8 a.m., Clallam County first responders requested Coast Guard air assistance to evacuate the residential area due to rising flood-waters and excessive currents which prevented the use of swift water boats.

An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles arrived on scene at 9:40 a.m. and deployed a rescue swimmer to search multiple residences. No persons were found during these initial searches, and the air crew departed the scene to refuel at Quillayute Airport.

The Washington State Patrol says in a small report that a 2003 Suzuki Aerio had been traveling northbound on US 101 near Milepost 105 north of Hoquiam Friday evening at 9:09pm  when the driver a 25-year-old Aberdeen woman swerved to avoid a deer, went off the roadway and hit a power pole.  

The driver was not injured, however a 19-year-old Hoquiam woman (passenger) was airlifted from the scene to Harborview Seattle for her injuries.  A 5-year-old (properly restrained) child was also in the vehicle not injured. 

Charges are wheels off the roadway.  

The Washington State Patrol says that the driver of a vehicle struck in a collision in Mason County on US 101 at Cloquallum Road died at the scene and 3 others 2 of which were children of the same vehicle were transported to hospitals for injuries. 

The collision occurred on November 9th at 3:07pm when 2 vehicles traveling northbound on US 101 at Cloquallum Road.  A 2013 Volkswagen Beetle driven by a 40-year-old Seaside Oregon woman (WSP Corrected), and a 1998 Subaru Legacy driven by a 60-year-old Shelton man stopped for traffic.  A 2017 Nissan Murano driven by a 56-year-old Shelton woman struck the VW Beetle in return the Beetle struck the Subaru Legacy. 

A passenger in the VW Beetle, a 43-year-old Buckeye Arizona man (WSP Corrected) was deceased at the scene, the 40-year-old Seaside woman and 2 children ages 5 and 7 were transported to various hospitals for their injuries.  St Peters, and Mary Bridge Hospital. In The driver of the Subaru was not injured. 

Cause of the collision is still under investigation. 

The Washington State Patrol says that 2 Aberdeen men were killed Wednesday night in a traffic collision on State Route 12 and the Wynoochee Bridge. 

The collision occurred on Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021  at 553pm when a Blue 2003 Ford F250 black 2015 towing a Bigt Dump truck (WSP description) driven by a 29-year-old Longview woman was traveling eastbound on 12 on the Wynoochee and lost control of a trailer resulting in the trailer being in the westbound lanes of the bridge. The trailer struck 2 vehicles that were on the bridge traveling westbound.  The two vehicles were a 2019 Kia Sorento Silver in color driven by a  41-year-old Aberdeen man and a green 1994 Nissan Pathfinder driven by a 33-year-old Aberdeen man. 

Both drivers of the westbound vehicles (vehicle 2 and 3) were killed in the collision.  A passenger in the Pathfinder, a 51-year-old Aberdeen man was transported to Community Hospital for his injuries. A 26-year-old passenger in the causing vehicle of Longview was also transported to Community Hospital for injuries.  The driver of the causing vehicle and another passenger a 46-year-old Kelso man was not injured nor transported. 

The cause of the collision is under investigation - the report states that there were no drugs or alcohol involved.