FORKS – A man hospitalized with serious injuries after a head-on collision Saturday afternoon is the hereditary chief of the Hoh tribe.
Herbert Clyde Fisher, Jr., 52, of Forks, remained in serious condition Tuesday afternoon in the intensive care unit of Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Fisher also is known as Chief Klia, the hereditary chief of the Hoh tribe which, with about 170 enrolled members, is the smallest tribe in the Northwest.
Fisher suffered several broken vertebrae, a broken leg, a broken jaw and severe internal injuries in the collision on U.S. Highway 101 about 11 miles south of Forks.
Phillip E. Roderick, 69, of Olympia, driver of the other vehicle involved in the collision, was listed in serious condition Tuesday evening at Harborview, where he was airlifted for treatment of stomach, face and chest injuries.
Fisher was traveling southbound in a 1994 Ford Explorer at 2:22 p.m. near milepost 179 in west Jefferson County when his vehicle crossed the centerline.
His vehicle stuck the 2003 Cadillac Escalade driven by Roderick, who was traveling northbound, according to the State Patrol.
Fisher was taken to Forks Community Hospital before he was airlifted to Harborview.
Vincent A. Rosander, 69, of LaPush, who was Fisher’s passenger, was treated and discharged from Forks Community Hospital.
