FORKS — A 52-year-old Forks woman was injured when the 2009 Honda Accord she was driving hydroplaned on U.S. Highway 101 and crashed into some trees in west Jefferson County 42 miles south of Forks on Thursday morning.
Meshelle L. Thomas was taken to Grays Harbor Community Hospital with shoulder, head and possible leg injuries after the one-car wreck, State Patrol troopers said.
Thomas was listed in satisfactory condition at the Aberdeen hospital Thursday afternoon.
The State Patrol report said Thomas was driving northbound when her car struck water in the roadway, causing it to hydroplane across the road into the southbound ditch, where it struck a tree stump and then some small trees.
The wreck was reported at 7:43 a.m.
Thomas was wearing her seat belt, and drugs and alcohol were not involved, troopers said.
There were no passengers in the vehicle.
The wreck occurred at Milepost 148, just north of the Jefferson County-Grays Harbor County line.
The Honda Accord Thomas was driving was destroyed, State Patrol said.
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