Shelton Man Arrested After Fleeing Troopers and Causing Crash in Grays Harbor County

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Washington State Patrol arrested a driver involved in a crash on Olympic Highway near Elma June 2 after he attempted to evade police.

Trooper Katherine Weatherwax said the driver, a 32-year-old Shelton man, was going about 90 miles per hour before the State Patrol started to pursue him.

After the trooper turned on his lights, Weatherwax said the driver accelerated to around 102 mph and began maneuvering his vehicle to avoid police.

The man ran through a stop sign in the Elma area before T-boning another vehicle and crashing into a third unoccupied vehicle at 9:33 p.m., according to State Patrol.



Weatherwax said the driver in the second vehicle suffered a punctured lung in the crash. Both the Shelton driver and the driver of the second vehicle, a 68-year-old Seattle man, were taken to Harbor Regional Health in Aberdeen.

The Shelton man was arrested on suspicion of DUI and could face charges ranging from eluding police to vehicular assault.