CARLSBORG — A Sequim woman remained in serious condition Saturday in a Seattle hospital after the car she was riding in overturned and struck a utility pole along U.S. Highway 101 at Kitchen-Dick Road early Friday morning.
Tearra L. Ristick, 28, was taken to Olympic Medical Center with chest and back injuries after wreck reported at 2:20 a.m.
She was stabilized at OMC and transferred to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where she was listed in serious condition in the intensive care unit at Harborview, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Daniel J. Carter, 43, was driving eastbound in a 1993 BMW 325 four-door when he lost control and the car left the roadway, said State Patrol troopers.
Carter was taken to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles with head and shoulder injuries. He was treated and discharged, hospital spokeswoman Bobby Beeman said.
Carter was passing another vehicle when he lost control of the car and veered off the roadway to the right side, the State Patrol said.
A trooper at the scene said Carter and Ristick were wearing seat belts. Drugs or alcohol were not involved.
The car was totally destroyed, the State Patrol said.
The State Patrol said the wreck remains under investigation.
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