City police save 2
with naloxone
Pottsville police Chief Richard F. Wojciechowsky reported officers of his department used the drug naloxone to reverse two separate opiate overdoses they responded to recently in the city.
About 2 p.m. March 12, the chief said officers were called to the A-Plus Sunoco along Route 61 after employees called 911 and reported an overdose situation in the men’s bathroom of the store.
Police said officers found a 24-year-old Auburn man unconscious on the floor, and after seeing several signs to indicate the mad was involved in an opiate overdose administered naloxone.
After the drug was administered, Wojciechowsky said, the man began to breathe more regularly and regain consciousness. Schuylkill EMS arrived, evaluated the man and transported him to a hospital for follow-up treatment.
On Monday, Wojciechowsky said officers were called to 400 Mahantongo St. for a possible overdose and found a 47-year-old city woman apparently involved in an opiate overdose.
Officers administered Naloxone, reversing the negative symptoms from the overdose, the chief said, adding that Schuylkill EMS arrived and transported the woman to a hospital for additional treatment.
City woman cited
in 2-vehicle crash
Pottsville police investigated a crash that was reported about 3:25 a.m. Wednesday at Route 61, Claude A. Lord Blvd., and Mill Creek Avenue.
Police said a 62-year-old Bernville woman was traveling north in the right lane of Route 61 and stopped her 2012 Subaru Impreza for a red light at the intersection. The woman’s car was then struck from behind by a 1999 Ford Taurus being driven by Lucila Lopez, 62, of Pottsville.
The Bernville woman was taken to Schuylkill Medical Center-East Norwegian Street for treatment of head and neck pain while Lopez and her passenger, a 59-year-old Pottsville woman, refused treatment at the scene.
Police said Lopez will be cited for driving at an unsafe speed and having an expired inspection sticker, adding that Pottsville firefighters assisted at the scene.
Police to target
aggressive driving
Tamaqua, West Penn Township and Rush Township police will be joining the Pennsylvania State Police and over 235 municipal agencies in conducting the second targeted aggressive driving enforcement wave from March 21 to May 1.
As part of the Aggressive Driving Enforcement and Education Project, the second wave aims to reduce the number of aggressive-driving-related crashes, injuries and deaths on roadways throughout the state, according to Carol Alonge of the North Central Highway Safety Network.
Any aggressive driver stopped by police will receive a ticket, she said.
The enforcement wave will focus on speeding, work zone safety violations and keeping right-passing left.
Motorists exhibiting other unsafe behaviors such as driving too fast for conditions, following too closely or other aggressive actions will also be cited.
Alonge said that municipal police agencies that participated in last year’s campaign wrote 53,000 aggressive-driving-related citations, including 35,126 for speeding.
Failure to obey traffic control signals or signs was the second most-common offense, resulting in 4,879 citations.
Additionally, she said the enforcement accounted for 61 felony arrests, 107 impaired driving arrests and 1,221 occupant protection citations.
Police investigate
tree stand theft
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — State police at Schuylkill Haven are investigating a theft that occurred between March 1 and 11 in a wooded area in the area of 61 Burma Road in South Manheim Township.
Police said Kenneth Wolfe, Schuylkill Haven, reported someone removed a tree stand he purchased and fled the area.
The stand is valued at $250, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call state police at 570-739-1330.