KINGSTON — A Port Angeles woman and child were taken to Harrison Medical Center in Silverdale on Wednesday afternoon after they were hurt in a four-vehicle wreck near Kingston.
Anissa M. Zichella, 45, and Kevin N. Auld, 11, were injured in the 2:15 p.m. collision 2 miles west of Kingston on state Highway 104, according to the State Patrol.
The State Patrol said the wreck was caused by John J. Gilmour, 87, of Port Ludlow traveling too fast for conditions and added that charges are pending.
Auld was a passenger in a 1996 Chevrolet Metro driven by Zichella, who was treated and released Thursday, said Scott Thompson, hospital spokesman.
Thompson declined to comment on the condition of the 11-year-old because he is a minor and Thompson did not have permission from the parent.
The State Patrol said in a memo that Zichella’s car; a 2008 Chevrolet Blazer driven by Christina R. Sharkey, 57, of Bremerton; and a 2006 Ford F-150 pickup truck driven by Thomas H. Nicol, 62, of Poulsbo were traveling westbound on Highway 104 when they came to a stop behind traffic at a red light at Hansville Road.
Gilmour’s 1995 Toyota RAV4 also was traveling westbound.
Gilmour — blinded by sunlight — lowered his sun visor and observed the stopped traffic but was unable to stop before colliding with Zichella’s Metro, the State Patrol said.
The Metro in turn slammed into the Blazer, which then smashed into the Ford.
Police do not suspect that drugs or alcohol were a factor in the collision.
All those involved were wearing seat belts, troopers said.
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