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Vehicle forces car off Monroe roadway

State police at the Fern Ridge barracks are investigating a two-vehicle crash whereby one vehicle, traveling in the wrong lane of traffic, forced the other vehicle off the road.

The incident happened at 9:10 p.m. Dec. 21 on Deibert Drive, near Balson Drive, in Chestnuthill Township.Police said Jake M. DeJohn, 17, of Stroudsburg, was driving a 1997 Buick Rivera northbound on Deibert Drive when a white van, traveling southbound in the northbound lane with its headlights off, caused DeJohn to lose control of the Buick. The car traveled off the southbound shoulder of the road and struck a tree.Police said DeJohn was not injured. His car needed to be towed from the scene.