Fatal I-5 wreck, Thurston Co. bus hits pedestrian, federal wildlife plan: June 8
News across Thurston County June 8 included an update on a Tumwater bus wreck, a fatal Lacey wreck and a federal wildlife plan.
Here are key takeaways:
- A 28-year-old man was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after he was hit by an Intercity Transit bus Friday morning at Capitol Boulevard South and Linwood Avenue Southwest in Tumwater around 10:30 a.m.
- A 50-year-old from Forest Grove, Oregon, was killed in a Friday night crash on Interstate 5 near Lacey when his vehicle was struck from behind and rolled onto its passenger side just before midnight.
- A Washington tribe has been killing barred owls on reservation lands since November 2025, becoming the first group in the state to implement a federal management plan.
The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.