PORT TOWNSEND — An 80-year-old Port Townsend woman was airlifted to a Seattle hospital with a head injury, and two other people were taken to a Port Townsend hospital after a three-car wreck on East Sims Way.
The chain of rear-end collisions at 11:52 a.m. Wednesday was caused by a driver failing to stop for traffic at the Kearney Street stoplight on Sims Way, said Port Townsend Police Officer Luke Bogues, department spokesman.
Loretta J. Pursel of Port Hadlock was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The hospital did not respond Thursday to a request for her condition.
Dorothy A. Williamson, 85, of Port Hadlock, a passenger in Pursel’s car, and Faith B. Kalous, 55, of Port Townsend, a passenger in another vehicle, were transported to Jefferson Healthcare hospital in Port Townsend, Bogues said.
A hospital spokesperson said Kalous had been discharged in satisfactory condition and that Williamson no longer remained in the hospital Thursday afternoon.
An eastbound blue Ford Focus driven by Malynda Boyd, 36, of Port Townsend was traveling in the 2200 block of East Sims Way when it slowed for a red light at Kearney Street and was struck from behind by a gray 2004 Toyota Camry driven by Williamson.
Boyd refused medical aid, Bogues said. Kalous was a passenger in the Focus.
The Camry had itself been struck from behind by a tan 1991 Mercury Marquis station wagon driven by Anne Lipton, 90, of Port Townsend, Bogues said.
She refused medical aid, Bogues said, but was cited by Port Townsend police for second-degree negligent driving and referred to the Department of Licensing for a driver re-examination.
The roadway was closed for about 20 minutes.
