(This happened Friday at 3pm outside of the AIM Mail Center. I was not involved in the accident)
Headed to pay bills in the AIM Mail Center, Rose Willis, 22, was pre-occupied worrying about how to split her room mates rent. After judging the distance of a car in front of her and turning on her blinker, she turned into the Safeway parking lot easing on her breaks.
"I thought I had enough room to turn, but the cop says I was flying. I've turned this corner a bazillion times," Willis said. Willis is a waitress that lives in Lacey. After taking a deep breath, tears come to her eyes realizing what happened.
Kory Pearce of the Olympia Police Department said that the vehicle that spun was heading Southbound on Cooper Rd in the 400 block. The other driver was heading Northbound on Cooper and clipped the South bound driver causing her to spin.
"The North bound vehicle had the right away," Pearce said. Firemen at the scene used the jaws of life to remove the driver side door and remove the driver. The driver suffered minor bumps and bruises and put on a stretcher that went into the ambulance. The female driver who was injured is a newer driver who is just 18 years old. Witnesses report that the South bound driver was driving at an accelerated speed.
The first on the scene was the state trooper heading home off duty. He was obligated to stop however. The rest of the police and ambulance were called by dispatch.
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