Truck Damages Downtown Building

Above: A pedestrian walks behind a semi-truck as the driver backs up to negotiate a wider turn onto Capitol Way South in downtown Olympia Tuesday morning. The truck had already hit the building’s metal awning. No one was hurt in the incident.

By Janine Gates

Little Hollywood

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A semi-truck moving east on 5^th Avenue made too sharp of a turn onto Capitol Way and damaged a building in downtown Olympia Tuesday morning.

The scene at 501-505 Capitol Way South was witnessed and videotaped by Little Hollywood at about 9:20 a.m. 

After the metal awning and its lighting infrastructure was hit, the truck driver with Swanson Bark and Wood Products, Inc. of Longview backed up, negotiated a wider turn, parked, and jumped out to inspect the damage. 

No one was hurt in the incident.  

Little Hollywood contacted building owners and police to make a report. A logistics manager with the truck company said the driver was cited by Olympia police for illegal lane usage.  

The building, built in 1937, is owned by Thurston Building Company. The space, formerly occupied by g. miller men’s clothing store, is currently vacant. The clothing store moved to 111 Market Street NE, Olympia.

Above: Damage to the building at 501-505 Capitol Way South after a semi-truck driver made too sharp of a turn and hit the building Tuesday morning.