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Possible Rock Slide Injures Two More In Car Accident

November 15, 2005

An auto accident on U.S. Highway 12 near Glenoma injured two people late Saturday night after their car struck a large rock in the road, according to the Washington State Patrol.

J. Graves-Miller, 26, of Centralia was headed west on Highway 12, near Martin Road, when his 1999 Honda Civic crashed into a large rock on the road, according to Washington State Patrol trooper Mike Herron.

After hitting the rock, the car shot into a ditch and then rolled over twice after coming to a stop.

Passing motorists notified authorities of the crash at 10:55 p.m.

Graves-Miller sustained some minor cuts and was suffering from shoulder pain, and passenger Harmony Edminster, 23, of Centralia also suffered cuts.

The couple was rushed to Morton General Hospital, where they were treated and released, according to an emergency room staff member.

The accident caused the deployment of both airbags. Their daughter, Kylie Miller, 2, was also in the car at the time of the accident, in a car seat, and was not injured in the wreck, Herron said.

A preliminary report did not specify how the rock ended up in the road but some suspect that it is yet another result of a rock slide.

On Sept. 11, three women were killed when a rockslide crushed their car while they were driving westbound on Interstate 90 through Snoqualmie Pass.

The next day, a second rockslide in the same area didn't hit any cars, but it temporarily closed two lanes of westbound I-90.

It is unclear whether the county had known of previous rockslides at this particular area such that adequate precautions and signs could have been placed to warn motorists.