The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

DAYTON – A single-vehicle accident on Highway 12 west of Dayton blocked traffic for several hours on Monday morning. At approximately 10 a.m., a caller reported that a semi-truck traveling eastbound on the highway hauling produce had drifted off the road into the eastbound ditch at milepost 366. Both occupants of the truck were transported to Dayton General Hospital with unknown conditions. The truck lost its load, and the roadway was blocked for several hours while workers from the Department of Transportation cleaned up the produce. Washington State Patrol conducted the collision investigation.