Crash at Red Wolfe

Michael E. Gireth, Asotin, was taken to Tri-State Hospital in Clarkston after the 1998 pickup truck he was driving ran into a rock wall at the highway intersection on the north side of Red Wolfe Bridge in Clarkston early Wednesday morning, July 20. Gireth, who was not wearing a seat belt, sustained leg, head and hip injuries.

According to the Washington State Patrol report from the Colfax detachment, he was driving the truck northbound across the bridge and failed to stop at the sign at the intersection. He attempted a right turn and the truck went out of control and struck the embankment.