Olympia, Lacey police responded to College Street/Martin Way on March 17. What happened?
An incident that generated multiple 911 calls and response from Olympia and Lacey police on March 17 has come into view now that a police report has been shared with The Olympian.
About 11:30 a.m. that Sunday, police were dispatched to the Ramada hotel in the 4500 block of Martin Way East after a report of an assault followed by a collision between two vehicles.
According to the report, an Aberdeen man in a black pickup truck and two Vancouver, Washington, men connected to a Kia parked next to it, got into an argument that erupted into a fight.
The two Vancouver men, ages 38 and 22, are accused of knocking the 33-year-old truck owner to the ground and punching him.
The two Vancouver men then got into the Kia and headed east toward College Street where they were rammed from behind by the Aberdeen man in the black truck.
The Aberdeen man alleges that he tried to drive around the Kia but crashed into it, according to the report.
During the investigation, College Street Northeast was closed between Park Center Avenue Northeast and Martin Way.
When police first arrived after the collision, they found the Aberdeen man lying on the ground near the driver-side door of the truck, bleeding from his face, according to the report.
The Aberdeen man was taken to Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia with multiple skull fractures and a broken nose, according to the report.
No one was arrested at the scene. However, Olympia police have referred second-degree assault charges for both Vancouver men to the Thurston County Prosecutor’s Office. They also have referred a charge of reckless endangerment for the Aberdeen man to Olympia Municipal Court, according to the report.
This story was originally published March 27, 2024 at 5:00 AM.
