A traffic collision Saturday night February 16th at 9:54 pm on State Route 8 left an Aberdeen woman deceased at the scene, and the driver transported to St. Peters Hospital for his injuries.

The Washington State Patrol says that an accident that had knocked out power for a large portion of Central and some of the east county yesterday late afternoon was caused by distracted driving. The report does not state what type of distracted driving, and there are no charges for using a cell phone while driving included.

A 33-year-old man from Shelton is in custody on several charges after he lead police in a pursuit while driving a front end loader he had stolen.