Two vehicles were wrecked on state Highway 112 near Freshwater Bay in unrelated incidents Saturday and Sunday.
The drivers were traveling in opposite directions on the highway and coincidently wrecked in the same area within seven hours of each other.
One person suffered hand injuries in the first wreck at about 10 p.m. Saturday, the State Patrol said.
Susan Owens, 26, of Port Angeles, a passenger in a 1990 Chevrolet pickup was treated and discharged from Olympic Medical Center, a nursing supervisor said.
The condition and name of the driver of the pickup was unknown because he or she had already fled the scene when troopers arrived.
Seven hours later
The second wreck, at about 5:25 a.m. Sunday, left the lone driver injured with facial and neck cuts, the State Patrol said.
Thomas Sheehan, 52, of Port Angeles was treated and discharged from Olympic Medical Center, according to the nursing supervisor.
“The wrecks are not related,” said Trooper Krista Hedstrom on Sunday.
“They both just happened in the same area.
“There isn’t anything with the road or anything in that area.
“It was just a coincidence.”
The State Patrol gave this account of the Saturday night wreck:
The unknown driver was traveling east on Highway 112, left the road to the right and hit a road sign near Freshwater Bay Road.
The vehicle veered back toward the road, hitting the ditch and rolling onto the passenger side.
The road was blocked for about 2 ½ hours.
The amount of damage to the pickup was not available Sunday.
The cause of the wreck and any potential charges are still under investigation, as is the identity of the driver, State Patrol said.
The State Patrol gave this account of the Sunday morning wreck:
Sheehan was driving his 2003 Subaru Forester west on Highway 112 as he approached Dodger Lane, just west of Freshwater Bay Road.
He fell asleep and continued straight when the road curved to the left.
The car struck a fence and some small evergreen trees.
Sheehan was cited with negligent driving and failure to wear a seat belt.
His car was destroyed.
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