Published September 16. 2014 03:31PM
State police at Lehighton were at the scene of a three-car crash shortly before 4 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Bridge Street, Canal Road and Main Road in Franklin Township.
Bernadette Vachon of Lehighton, a witness at the scene who was stopped at the stop sign on Bridge Street, gave police these details.Vachon said she watched as a black pickup drove over the sidewalk on the right side of the highway and ran over a stop sign before hitting the rear end of the gray hatchback car. The car continued through the four-way intersection before it was disabled from the crash.Vachon said a third vehicle, a Jeep, was involved, but left the scene of the crash.The driver of the black Ford Ranger was Ron Neff, while Denise Ackles of Barnesville was the driver of the gray Scion XD hatchback.Both Neff and Ackles were traveling north on Canal Road. Ackles was stopped at the stop sign behind the Jeep. Ackles' Scion XD car had moderate front damage and severe back damage.Neff's vehicle was damaged on the front left driver's side from hitting Ackles' car, plus had front right driver's side damage from hitting the curb.One person was treated at the scene by paramedics.
Special to the Times News A black Ford Ranger reportedly ran over a stop sign before hitting a Scion XD hatchback in Franklin Township on Monday.