SEQUIM –– Three people were transported to Olympic Medical Center after a two-vehicle wreck partially blocked part of U.S. Highway 101 east of Sequim on Monday.
Port Angeles resident Barbara Sadler, 64, crossed the center line and sideswiped an oncoming vehicle one mile east of Sequim, according to the State Patrol.
Sadler’s PT Cruiser stopped in the eastbound lane while a Nissan Sentra, driven by 75-year-old Poulsbo resident Janice Counselor, fell 15 feet over the westbound embankment.
Julie Delgado, 71, was also in Counselor’s car.
Sadler and Delgado were both treated and released from the Port Angeles hospital by Monday afternoon.
Counselor remained there in satisfactory condition.
Both vehicles were totaled.
The wreck was first reported at 9:15 a.m. near Barker Road and initially blocked all lanes of the highway.
By 10 a.m., single-lane, alternating traffic was open. The wreck was cleared by 10:20 a.m.
