Police, fire roundup: Speed blamed for crash on Highway 14 onramp

Matthew Johansen

Jamie Sweany

A Portland driver slid on a state Highway 14 onramp Tuesday and crashed into a concrete barrier, authorities said.

Speeding was the cause of the accident, according to the Washington State Patrol.

Mandi C. Dominguez, 18, complained of neck and back pain and was taken to Southwest Washington Medical Center, where she was treated and released, a nursing supervisor said.

Dominguez had been southbound on 164th Avenue, and the accident occurred at 11:40 a.m. on a westbound onramp. Her 2001 Ford Taurus was totaled, according to the state patrol.

Police detectives in west Vancouver on Tuesday arrested a 31-year-old woman who allegedly was an accomplice in a recent robbery, burglary and felony assault in Tigard, Ore.

Jamie Sweany was arrested about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday at a home at 1904 W. 28th St., according to a bulletin from Sgt. Duncan Hoss with the Clark County Sheriff’s Tactical Detective Unit.

Sweany was booked into the jail on a fugitive from justice warrant.

Assisting with the arrest was the interagency Career Criminal Apprehension Team. Detectives with the team had learned where Sweany was staying, the bulletin said.

The other alleged robber, Matthew J. Johansen, 33, was arrested late Saturday on state Highway 14 in Fisher’s Landing. Deputy Mike Adkins had learned warrants had been issued for Johansen’s arrest and followed him as he drove from his home in Washougal, the bulletin said. Johansen had marijuana and a loaded .38-caliber pistol with him, the bulletin said.

A driver hurt Monday after she reportedly fell asleep behind the wheel was released from the hospital, a spokeswoman said Tuesday morning. Hoa Thi Nguyen, 67, had been admitted to Southwest Washington Medical Center with head and neck injuries shortly after a 11:30 a.m. crash.

Her car had drifted off state Highway 14 near Southeast 164th Avenue and crashed. Nguyen was driving her 2006 Honda Pilot east on the highway, about a mile west of 164th Avenue.

According to a Washington State Patrol bulletin, she fell asleep and her car drifted off the road to the south and then crashed.

The Pilot was totaled and had to be towed, the bulletin said.