OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A Forks woman was in serious condition Sunday night at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after a Saturday night two-truck wreck while the driver of the other vehicle was in Clallam County jail.
Antoinette Barragan, 49, of Forks, had multiple broken bones and “system injuries,” Clallam County Fire District No. 2 Lt. Troy Tisdale said in his report.
Bruce Hebner, 56, of Bainbridge Island, was arrested on investigation of vehicular assault with alcohol involved after he was evaluated at Olympic Medical Center for possible injuries from the inflation of his airbag, said Olympic National Park spokeswoman Barb Maynes.
Hebner remained in custody Sunday night, awaiting charges in federal court in Tacoma, according to the Clallam County jail log.
Because the wreck happened on federal land, the vehicular assault charges will be handled in federal court, Maynes said.
“It does appear that speed and alcohol were contributing factors in this,” Maynes said.
Olympic National Park gave this report:
Hebner was driving his Dodge Ram 1500 east on U.S. Highway 101 about four miles west of Barnes Point when he crossed over the centerline and hit head-on a Ford Ranger headed westbound and driven by Barragan.
The Ram rolled and came to rest upside down in the eastbound lane of the highway, Tisdale said.
Hebner was able to get out of the pickup on his own.
Barragan’s 13-year-old son, who was a passenger in the Ranger, was able to get out of the pickup on his own, but Barragan had to be extricated by Clallam County Fire District No. 2, Tisdale said.
Barragan was taken by ambulance to Olympic Medical Center, then airlifted to Harborview Medical Center, Maynes said.
Her son traveled with her to Seattle and did not appear to be injured, Maynes said.
The son was not identified by any of the agencies involved.
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