PORT TOWNSEND — A 22-year-old woman was booked into the Jefferson County jail after the car she was driving failed to negotiate a Sims Way curve, overturned and ejected her passenger.
She allegedly then fled the scene on foot and was eventually arrested by Port Townsend police, according to the State Patrol.
State troopers said the 1997 Nissan Altima driven by Claire J. Hammond of Port Townsend was westbound on Sims Way about 10:30 p.m. Sunday when it failed to negotiate a roundabout at high speed and went into a three-foot ditch at Logan Street.
The car then pulled out of the ditch and overturned upside-down in the westbound lane of Sims Way, troopers said.
The passenger, identified by the State Patrol as James G. Larson, 26, also of Port Townsend, was ejected when the Nissan overturned.
Hammond allegedly left the scene on foot and was later captured by police, who took her to the county jail for investigation of vehicular assault after she was treated by paramedics for minor injuries.
Larson was transported to St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma.
Investigating troopers said the car was traveling too fast for the rainy conditions, and that drugs or alcohol were involved.
