The Thurston County Sheriff's office tells a grim story this evening of a man that took his own life after a traffic collision on Old Highway 99 and 201st Ave SW Friday Afternoon.  

They say that a male driver was recklessly driving south on Old Hwy 99 and lost control trying to turn onto 201st Ave SW. He then struck a vehicle occupied by 2 females who were stopped at the intersection.

The driver then exited his vehicle and threw an empty marijuana container nearby and then returned to his vehicle and obtained a firearm.

after which he then took his own life with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Both women in the other vehicle sustained injuries and were transported to local hospitals. Old Hwy 99 remained open but they had 201st Ave closed off. 

The Grays Habor County Emergency Management Office said in a press release on Thursday, February 20th that they are changing providers for their local emergency alert system and with this change users who want to remain getting alerts from them must sign up again even if they were signed up before.  

These alerts are alerts send out from the County, different from the alerts and such posted by Grays Habor Scanner (us).

According to the Washington State Patrol, one person was airlifted to Harborview and another transported by ambulance to a local hospital after a 2 vehicle head-on collision Friday night February 14th. 

The collision occurred on State Route 108 near milepost 11 in Mason County when a red 2002 Honda Accord driven by a Union, Wa man going westbound and lost control in the curve crossing over into the eastbound lanes where it was stuck in the passenger side in that eastbound lane by a 2020 Toyota Rav 4 driven by a 37-year-old Camano Island Man with 2 other passengers both being children in the vehicle. 

The driver of the Honda Accord was airlifted to Harborview for his injuries and the driver of the Toyota was transported to Mason general.  The children passengers were not injured. seatbelts and child safety seats were worn and used by all involved.  

It is not known if there were drugs or alcohol involved, and the cause of the accident is under investigation. 

According to a just-released Washington State Patrol Report the cause of an early morning traffic accident on State Route 107 was caused by a DUI driver. 

The collision occurred on February 14th at 3:28 in the morning on State Route 107 at Preachers Slough Road Between Aberdeen and Montesano.  The driver a 20-year-old Elma woman driving a 2019 Kia Forte was traveling southbound on 107 when it veered right and hit the embankment and ended up in the southbound side ditch.  

The driver, as well as a 19-year-old cosmopolis woman and a 20-year-old Aberdeen woman both passengers, were transported to Community Hospital for injuries sustained in the accident. 

The cause of the accident remains under investigation, the driver is charged with DUI