Foggy night slide-off

Lights from a Colfax police cruiser penetrate a dense fog to show the underside of a pickup that slid off the Palouse Highway curves just west of Colfax Tuesday night. The 2004 Ford Ranger driven by Allen Roberts, 66, St. John, slid into the ditch in the fog. According to the report filed by WSP trooper Bruce Blood, Roberts was driving too fast into the first curve when his pickup slid sideways into the ditch. Roberts was transported to Whitman Hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries and released. Colfax Officer Perry Tate responded to the scene to assist the state patrol.