A Kelso woman faces possible charges of driving under the influence, vehicular assault, reckless driving and reckless endangerment after causing two separate collisions Monday morning that sent a 5-year-old to the hospital and closed stretches of Interstate 5, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Trooper Will Finn said that a woman driving north with a 5-year-old boy in her vehicle sideswiped a vehicle near Milepost 14. She then drove from the scene at speeds of more than 90 mph, Finn said. At Milepost 20, in Woodland, she rear-ended a red pickup truck, sending it rolling into a cable barrier, Finn said.
The woman was identified in a State Patrol memo as Heather L. Kinsfather, 33, of Kelso, who had been behind the wheel of a grey 2013 Nissan Altima. She was not hurt in the collisions.
Kinsfather stayed at the scene, Finn said. Her 5-year-old passenger and the driver of the maroon 2007 GMC Canyon pickup, identified as Rachel E. Womack, 40, of Battle Ground, were transported to hospitals.