Published December 11. 2014 02:14PM
Snow-covered roads caused numerous crashes this morning, including this
two-vehicle collision on Route 93 in Nesquehoning at 8:30 a.m. A woman was seriously injured. The crash occurred about a half-mile north of Route 209. According to police the woman was traveling south at a high rate of speed, passing while rounding a curve in a non-passing zone. Police said as she entered the northbound lanes, she left the roadway, striking the guide rails.A U.S. Mail truck was traveling north. The driver of the mail truck swerved tothe left in an attempt to avoid a head-on collision. The SUV crossed back across the roadway, where she did strike the truck head-on. The woman was treated at the scene by Lehighton paramedics and transported to the Lehigh ValleyHospital Trauma Center in Allentown. The driver of the truck was not injured. Route 93 was closed to traffic for about two hours. See pages 4 and 10 for other storm-related crashes.
larry neff/special to the times news