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Traffic Control Flagger injured in Camas

Police arrest driver for hit and run and failure to obey flagger

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A Camas man has been arrested for being involved in a hit and run accident and failing to obey a traffic control flagger.

Camas Police said in a news release Philip Craig Lauritzen, 58, had stopped his Ford truck at the intersection of Northeast 35th Avenue and Northeast Everett Street, in Camas, Friday, Aug. 17, around 1:40 p.m., due to traffic stoppage inside a controlled construction zone.

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