Pine Grove man injured in crash
TREMONT - A Pine Grove man suffered minor injuries when he fell asleep behind the wheel of his vehicle and struck a tree in Tremont Township early Saturday, police said.
State police at Schuykill Haven said Ethan Reiter, 22, was transported by Tremont Ambulance to Schuylkill Medical Center-East Norwegian Street. The nursing supervisor on duty Sunday refused to provide a condition report.
Police said at 3:20 a.m. Saturday, Reiter was driving a 2002 Nissan Sentra south on Route 125 when he fell asleep, traveled onto the east berm and hit the tree and boulders. The vehicle turned onto its passenger's side and then struck a PennDOT road sign, police said.
The vehicle sustained severe damage, and the investigation is continuing, police said.
Haven woman hurt in collision
A Schuylkill Haven woman suffered injuries in a four-vehicle accident on Route 61 near the entrance to Fairlane Village mall in Pottsville on Saturday night, police said.
State police at Schuylkill Haven said at 8:41 p.m., Mark A. Miller, 37, of Nanticoke, was driving a 1999 Isuzu box truck north when he failed to stop and hit the back of a 2001 Mitsubishi driven by Bonnie E. Stripe, 59, of Schuylkill Haven, police said.
Stripe's vehicle was pushed into a 1996 Oldsmobile driven by Allan Achenbach, 50, of Frackville, and the impact forced Achenbach's vehicle into the back of a 2004 Dodge Ram driven by Clifford Cross Jr., 61, of Covington. A passenger in Cross's vehicle was Bonnie L. Roupp, 65, of Manfield, police said.
Police charged Miller with following too closely.
Stripe was taken by Schuylkill Medical Center-East Norwegian Street for evaluation, police said. The nursing supervisor on duty at the hospital Sunday would not release any condition reports.
Woman accused of biting man
ELIZABETHVILLE - State police at Lykens arrested a woman from Elizabethville for scratching and biting a man during an argument early Sunday.
Police charged Alicia G. Duplessie, 22, with simple assault and harassment for the incident that occurred at 3:30 a.m. Sunday at 20 E. Main St. Charges were filed in the office of Magisterial District Judge Rebecca J. Margerum, police said.
The victim was a 34-year-old Elizabethville man, police said.
