Posted on 07/14/2003 5:17:49 PM PDT by Sweet_Sunflower29
A Vancouver man flipped his SUV and trailer after flipping off another driver, police said, bringing Interstate 5 to a crawl Sunday afternoon south of Kalama.
Witnesses told state troopers that the driver, Phillip Zollo of Vancouver, was making obscene gestures to a semi-truck driver in the right lane when he lost control his Ford Expedition just before 3:40 p.m. near the Todd Road exit, said trooper Kevin Kingsley of the Washington State Patrol.
The SUV and the trailer came to rest in the right two of the freeway's three lanes, he said, limiting northbound traffic to one lane for more than an hour. The semi-truck was not involved, Kingsley said.
Traffic was backed up as far back as Woodland, nearly six miles from the accident, he said. Southbound traffic was not affected by the wreck.
The accident was cleared by 5:20 p.m., a little more than an hour and a half after the accident, Kingsley said. It took time to turn the SUV and the 19-foot trailer upright, and to tow them from the scene, he said.
Zollo, in his early 50s, and his passenger, Constance Ruiz, a Vancouver resident in her late 30s, were treated and released from St. John Medical Center, Kingsley said. No other vehicles were involved in the wreck, he said. Troopers cited Zollo for negligent driving, he said.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.