Port Angeles woman sent to hospital following River Road rollover

Published 1:30 am Friday, September 29, 2017

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Washington State Patrol troopers Matthew Phillips, left, and Eric Ellefson investigate the scene where a Jeep rolled over on the side of the U.S. Highway 101 exit ramp to River Road in Sequim on Friday.
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Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Washington State Patrol troopers Matthew Phillips, left, and Eric Ellefson investigate the scene where a Jeep rolled over on the side of the U.S. Highway 101 exit ramp to River Road in Sequim on Friday.

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Washington State Patrol troopers Matthew Phillips, left, and Eric Ellefson investigate the scene where a Jeep rolled over on the side of the U.S. Highway 101 exit ramp to River Road in Sequim on Friday.
Washington State Patrol troopers Matthew Phillips, left, and Eric Ellefson investigate the scene where a Jeep rolled over on the side of the U.S. Highway 101 exit ramp to River Road in Sequim on Friday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

SEQUIM — A 67-year-old Port Angeles woman was transported to Olympic Medical Center following a rollover wreck at the River Road exit of U.S. Highway 101.

The wreck occurred at abot 10 a.m. when Cherie J. Estes exited Highway 101 eastbound at River Road. The patrol said Estes’ 1994 Jeep Wrangler left the roadway to the left, overcorrected to the right, overturned and came to rest on its roof.

They added that the vehicle was totaled and that Estes was wearing a restraint at the time of the wreck.

Her status at the hospital was not immediately available.

No other vehicles were involved and there were no other injuries.

Charges are pending, according to the State Patrol.