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News Release
Fatality collision - 06/04/20

On Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 10:30pm Kelso Police, Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office and Washington State Patrol responded to the 1400 block of Pacific Avenue S for a single vehicle collision.  Officers arrived on scene and found a single passenger vehicle had collided head-on with a utility pole causing substantial damage to the vehicle and utility pole.  Officers discovered a 34 year-old front seat female passenger deceased in the vehicle and 35 year-old female driver Sheela M. Hawley alive.  Evidence available to responding officers indicated Hawley may have been operating the vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants. Hawley was transported to a medical facility for treatment of injuries sustained from the collision.  The cause of this collision is currently under investigation.

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