Tanker truck winds up in Hood Canal at low tide after wreck on southbound U.S. 101
A tanker truck wound up in Hood Canal at low tide after a wreck on southbound U.S. 101 in Mason County, according to Washington State Patrol.
About 3:40 p.m. June 15, the truck was headed south on U.S. 101 near Potlatch State Park. There was a car behind the truck and a car in front of it, according to State Patrol.
The 54-year-old McCleary man driving behind the truck attempted to legally pass it. Troopers say the truck swerved into oncoming traffic and hit the passing vehicle. The 41-year-old driver of the truck, also from McCleary, then lost control of it and drove off the road and over an embankment into Hood Canal where the tide was out, a State Patrol memo reads.
After being hit, the passing driver over-corrected his steering and crashed into a third vehicle.
All three drivers were not hurt, including an 82-year-old man from Tacoma, although the truck driver was taken to Mason General Hospital in Shelton as a precaution, according to State Patrol.
A local company with heavy equipment assisted in pulling the truck out of Hood Canal before high tide.
This story was originally published June 20, 2022 at 5:00 AM.
