Two Vancouver residents were injured Sunday afternoon in a rear-end accident that resulted after an Interstate 5 drawbridge lift.
Deanna G. Parks, 41, and Krystal L. Harbison, 14, were being treated at Southwest Washington Medical Center, where a nursing supervisor said they were in satisfactory condition. They were complaining of neck and back pain.
The accident occurred about 1:15 p.m. in a southbound lane of Interstate 5 near Fourth Plain Boulevard. Traffic was very slow due to a previous drawbridge lift. Parks and Harbison were riding in a 2008 Dodge Caliber driven by Andrew W. Parks, 37, of Vancouver and were stopped in the second lane from the right when the Dodge was struck in the rear by a 1998 Ford Mustang. The driver of the Mustang was identified as Norman H. Minninger, 49, of Vancouver.
Neither man was injured, but Minninger was cited for driving too fast, according to the State Patrol. Both vehicles were damaged but could still be driven. Inattention and speed were listed by the investigating officer as the causes of the wreck.
