An accident temporarily held up construction behind the Lighty Student Services Building on June 16, when a driver’s Chrysler PT Cruiser went into a ditch and flipped upside-down, WSU Police Lt. Steven Hansen said last week.
The driver clipped a WSU van while backing out of a parking space and went into the ditch, which was being dug as a part the construction on the Grimes Way field.
The driver was identified as Kathreen Anne Grey-Silva. The vehicle was pulled out of the ditch the same morning, and no injuries were reported.
Also, law enforcement have responded to vehicle prowls and a house fire over the last week.
VEHICLE PROWL
Three juvenile males were arrested Wednesday afternoon at Reaney Park on suspicion of vehicle prowl.
The suspects, two 13-year-olds and one 15-year-old, were all released to either their parents or child services, Pullman Police Cmdr. Chris Tennant said.
The report has been filed to the Whitman County District Court, and no charges have been filed at this time. There is no evidence connecting this incident to the string of vehicle prowls that have occurred over the last month.
HOUSE FIRE
Firefighters from Pullman, Moscow and Colfax responded to a fire at a house that was under construction Friday evening, according to a press release from the Pullman Fire Department.
According to the report, firefighters were called out at 7:45 p.m to 1310 SE Harvest Drive after a report that a new home had been engulfed in flames.
The fire started after a pile of rags that had been used for staining a deck spontaneously combusted, Pullman fire investigator Rich Dragoo said.
Fire Captain Eric Reiber said he called a second alarm when the first fire trucks arrived and saw the damage the fire had caused to the garage of the house.
Firefighters were able to keep the fire contained to the garage, and the house was not structurally damaged.
Reiber and Dragoo said it was the design of the house that prevented complete destruction. Twelve-foot high brick walls and a metal roof kept the fire from damaging the house.