Kulpmont man
charged in crash
PORT CLINTON — State police at Hamburg suspect a woman from Kulpmont suffered a minor injury when the vehicle she was riding in hit a rock embankment Wednesday, police said Friday.
Joshua A. Weaver, 18, of Kulpmont, was driving a 2013 Hyundai Accent north on state Route 61, just north of North Road, when he veered to the right and hit the embankment, police said.
The vehicle rolled over and came to rest on its wheels across the two lands of highway. The passenger, Kayla M. Leader, 18, of Kulpmont, was transported by Schuylkill Valley EMS to Reading Hospital, police said.
Weaver was charged with being under the influence of controlled substances, police said.
Woman escapes
injury in crash
HAMBURG — A woman from Orwigsburg escaped injury in a three-vehicle accident in Tilden Township, Berks County, on Saturday afternoon, according to state police at Hamburg.
At 3:19 p.m., Jonna K. Mickshaw, 42, was driving a 2015 Subaru Impreza north on state Route 61 when she failed to see traffic stopped ahead of her at a red light at Jetson Drive. Mickshaw hit a 2002 Buick LeSabre driven by Fany I. Patterson, 41, of Hazle Township. The impact forced Patterson’s vehicle into a 2013 Dodge 4X4, driven by David C. Sherry, 53, of Lehighton, police said.
Two injured in
2-vehicle crash
MECHANICSVILLE — Two people suffered injuries in a two-vehicle crash Sunday on Pottsville Street, according to state police at Schuylkill Haven.
It occurred at 10:46 a.m., when Brittany L. Schwalm, 20, of Pottsville, was driving a 2015 Hyundai Elentra west on Pottsville Street and crossed over the double yellow line, police said.
She hit head-on an eastbound 2014 Chrysler Town & Country driven by William S. Davis, 41, of Port Carbon, near 1245 Pottsville St., police said.
Schwalm was transported by ambulance to Schuylkill Medical Center – East Norwegian Street, police said.
Police said a passenger in the eastbound vehicle, Tara W. Davis, 38, of Port Carbon, was also transported by ambulance, but did not say where she was taken.
Both vehicles were towed. Responders included local firefighters, police said.
Schwalm will be cited for failing to stay in her lane, police said.
Police investigate
illegal use of car
ASHLAND — Ashland police are assisting Butler Township in their investigation of an unauthorized use of a motor vehicle that was found in the borough about 2:35 a.m. Tuesday.
Police said officers found the vehicle that was reported being used illegally to Butler Township police several days prior at South 17th and West Centre streets with a man sitting in the driver’s seat and a woman in the front passenger’s seat.
Both the man and woman were detained and questioned and police said Butler Township police are conducting the ongoing investigation.