PORT TOWNSEND — A 69-year-old Port Hadlock man was in critical condition Sunday after a single-car wreck south of Port Townsend.
East Jefferson Fire-Rescue was called to the scene at 8:55 a.m. after witnesses say they saw a green Geo Metro traveling south on state Highway 19 veer off the roadway just past the intersection with state Highway 20 and strike a telephone pole, according to a news release.
Bystanders began CPR on the male driver, who was not identified, until emergency responders arrived and took over. There were no other occupants in the vehicle.
The man’s pulse was reacquired 35 minutes later and he was transported to Jefferson County International Airport to be flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
The State Patrol is investigating the accident.
Engine 91 from Naval Magazine Indian Island assisted in the response.
