PORT ANGELES — A three-car crash into a building on the corner of Front and Lincoln streets a little before 2 p.m. Wednesday led to traffic coming into downtown Port Angeles being diverted to Peabody Street for about an hour and a half.
Two of the three cars involved crashed into what used to be Delaney’s Restaurant and Lounge, which has been closed for several years.
At least one person was transported to Olympic Medical Center for injuries.
The person was not identified by police. Neither were the others involved in the crash.
The initial report from Port Angeles Police Sgt. Clay Rife said the two vehicles were turning onto Lincoln Street from Front Street when the accelerator in a black Lexus became stuck. The driver hit a yellow Toyota FJ Cruiser, sending both vehicles into the building.
The third vehicle, a red Jeep Wrangler, was crossing the intersection at Lincoln and Front streets and collided with one of the other vehicles.
Rife said at about 2:15 p.m. Wednesday that police were still piecing together the situation and could not say which car collided with the Jeep at the time.
Traffic on Front Street and the bottom of Lincoln Street reopened at 3:30 p.m.
“Due to there being multiple cars involved and multiple witnesses, we won’t really have a good idea of how this all happened until tomorrow,” Port Angeles Police Chief Brian Smith said Wednesday.
At the time, police officers were still waiting for tow trucks to remove the vehicles from the building.
The Jeep had been removed from the intersection.
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Reporter Ken Park can be reached at kpark@peninsuladailynews.com.
A three-way crash Wednesday left a gaping hole in a building in downtown Port Angeles. (Ken Park/Peninsula Daily News)
