SEATTLE — Three North Olympic Peninsula residents injured in two separate highway wrecks last week were in satisfactory condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Tuesday.
Mindy Aisling, 35, of Port Angeles had been discharged from the intensive care unit and her condition upgraded from serious to satisfactory by Tuesday afternoon, a Harborview spokeswoman said.
Aisling’s son, Noah Carlson, 11, of Port Angeles and an injured pedestrian Steven A. Springgate, 21, of Port Townsend — who were hurt in separate wrecks — both remained in satisfactory condition, the spokeswoman said.
On Saturday afternoon, Aisling and Carlson were injured in a two-car head-on wreck on U.S. Highway 101 near Sequim.
Springgate, a pedestrian, was hit Friday evening by two separate cars on state Highway 19 in Port Hadlock.
In the Saturday wreck, the State Patrol said Ronald J. Wilcox, 59, of Port Angeles collided with the Toyota Prius C sedan driven by Logan Aisling after Wilcox, driving a GMC C10 pickup westbound on Highway 101, swerved over the center line to avoid stopped traffic waiting to turn left onto Louella Road.
Wilcox, who was not injured in the crash, is under investigation for the use of drugs or alcohol in relation to the wreck, said John Troberg, Clallam County chief criminal deputy prosecuting attorney.
The prosecutor’s office is deferring a charging decision on Wilcox pending completion of the wreck’s investigation, Troberg said Monday.
“Responding officers obtained a telephonic search warrant for a blood draw, and the samples are in evidence with the WSP. The results are not available yet,” Troberg said Tuesday.
Wilcox was booked into the Clallam County jail for investigation of vehicular assault. He had been released by Monday.
Cori J. Wilcox, 14, a passenger in the pickup, and Logan Aisling were taken to Olympic Medical Center, where they were treated and discharged.
Mindy Aisling is an advertising sales representative for the Peninsula Daily News and owner of Amita Life Coaching in Port Angeles.
Logan Aisling is a chemistry teacher at Port Angeles High School and an Outward Bound fitness instructor.
Springgate was struck by two vehicles Friday night on state Highway 19 in Port Hadlock near Charles Street.
He was airlifted to the Seattle hospital after he was struck by a 1987 Ford Crown Victoria driven by Natalia M. Collier, 29, of Chimacum, then a 1995 Ford Contour driven by Jason L. McCloskey, 34, of Oak Harbor, according to a State Patrol report.
The report said that, at 8:17 p.m., Springgate walked into the southbound lane of Highway 19 near Charles Street and was struck by the southbound Crown Victoria.
Springgate landed in a center turn lane, the State Patrol said.
Collier, who was not injured, ran to a nearby restaurant, and two restaurant customers followed Collier back to the scene and tried to direct traffic into the restaurant parking lot, according to an East Jefferson Fire-Rescue report.
An oncoming Ford Contour driven by Jason McCloskey instead “swerved into the center turn lane” and “ran over the victim and dragged him approximately 75 feet,” according to the report.
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