SAPPHO — A Forks woman was injured today in a three-vehicle collision on U.S. Highway 101 in Sappho, the State Patrol said.
Tina L. Claussen, 46, was turning north from the eastbound lane of U.S. Highway 101 onto state Highway 113 when the 2013 Toyota Camry she was driving was struck by a 2003 Dodge Ram driven by Darrell F. Johnson, 49, of Gig Harbor, according to a State Patrol collision memo.
The pickup then collided with a parked 2008 Dodge Challenger before coming to a rest at the gas station at the intersection of the highways, troopers said.
Claussen was taken to Forks Community Hospital with unknown injuries. A hospital official would not release the woman’s condition today.
Johnson and the owner of the parked car were not injured.
Claussen was cited for failure to yield, troopers said.
Drugs or alcohol were not suspected as factors in the wreck, according to the State Patrol.
The Toyota that Claussen was driving was totaled, and the Dodge pickup and Dodge Challenger had reportable damage.
The wreck occurred at 7:43 a.m. about 10 miles northeast of Forks.
Alternating traffic was in effect until 9:24 a.m., state Department of Transportation officials said.
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