Peninsula Daily News
CARLSBORG — State Patrol troopers arrested a Sacramento, Calif., man after a Thursday evening wreck at U.S. Highway 101 and Carlsborg Road which injured a Port Angeles woman.
Trooper Mark Hodgson said the State Patrol arrested Thomas L. Finley, 52, for investigation of driving under the influence, hit and run and driving without a license.
Injured in the wreck was Linda J. Haabala, 57, of Port Angeles. She was transported to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles where she was treated and discharged.
Hodgson said that Finley left the scene of the wreck in his truck but was followed by a fire unit, who gave his location to troopers.
He was arrested in the 400 block of Boyce Road, less than a half mile from the scene.
In its report, the State Patrol said that Finley was driving westbound at 5:19 p.m. on Highway 101 approaching Carlsborg Road.
They allege that Finley failed to stop his 2001 Dodge Dakota pickup truck and hit a 2000 Ford Ranger driven by Haabala. She was stopped at the Carlsborg Road traffic light.
The impact pushed her car into a second vehicle stopped at the traffic light, a 2006 Dodge pickup driven by Sherina A. Huisman, 45, of Sequim.
Her truck had minor damage and was driven from the scene, the State Patrol said.
Haabala’s truck was severely damaged and was towed from the scene. Finley’s truck also sustained damage and was towed.
State Patrol had no estimate of how fast Finley was driving at the time of the wreck and no information available about the weather or roadway condition.
