House Minority Leader Richard DeBolt suffered minor injuries in a traffic accident yesterday, according to the Centralia Chronicle. (Subscription required.)

The Chronicle's Sharyn Decker reports that DeBolt, R-Chehalis, was ticketed for running a stop sign in the accident that sent his pickup truck flying and landing on its roof. None of the three drivers involved suffered serious injury. The accident happened after lunch Monday in Centralia.

The Chronicle reports:

"I really don't know what happened," DeBolt said shortly after the collision, as he stood on the sidewalk, cellular telephone in hand, looking over his truck that lay upside down in the middle of North Gold Street. A patch of apparent blood showed through the left shoulder of his blue dress shirt, near two holes in the fabric.

"I don't know. The next thing I know, I was in the air," DeBolt said. "I had my seat belt on."

DeBolt was also cited for expired tabs on his truck. He told the Chronicle he didn't recall if he stopped at the stop sign, though witnesses said he had run through the intersection without stopping.

"I can't imagine me blowing it, it's not me," DeBolt said.