SUV crash results
in DUI charges
McADOO — A Hazleton man faces DUI charges, following an accident Tuesday in Banks Township, Carbon County, state police in Hazleton said.
Omar Rodriguez-Palomares, no age given, was observed driving a white Nissan Murano at 10:50 a.m., when police saw him pass at the intersection of Route 93 and Arthur Gardner Highway at a high rate of speed.
Rodriguez-Palomares continued to travel south on Route 93 at a high rate of speed, police said. Troopers lost sight of the vehicle and never actively pursued the Nissan. A short time later, police were advised of a crash on Route 93 in the parking lot of Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church involving the Nissan.
A police investigation determined Rodriguez-Palomares lost control of his vehicle along a curve in the roadway and struck a utility pole. After his vehicle struck the pole, Rodriguez-Palomares exited the vehicle and threw a plastic bag containing heroin, marijuana and prescription pills into a nearby yard, police said.
The driver was flown to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Allentown, for injuries suffered in the crash.
Charges will be filed against Rodriguez-Palomares through District Magisterial Judge Joseph D. Homanko’s office, Palmerton.
N.C. truck driver
to receive citation
GORDON — A North Carolina truck driver will be cited after the tractor-trailer he was driving crashed at the bottom of the Gordon Mountain.
State police at Frackville said Bruce A. Williams, 59, of Raleigh, North Carolina, was driving a tractor-trailer west on Route 4007. He failed to notice signs near the Interstate 81 junction prohibiting commercial motor vehicles on the highway.
While descending the hill, police said, the brakes on Williams’ truck failed, causing him to continue west to the bottom of the hill, cross over Route 4004 and hit an unattended vehicle that was parked in a yard off West Plane Street.
Williams and his passenger, Pamela Gardner, also of Raleigh, were not injured in the crash.
Police said that as a result of the crash, Williams will receive citations and have to appear before Magisterial District Judge Christina E. Hale, Frackville.