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2 hurt in Ginthers crash

Rush Township police have issued details of a crash Friday that injured two.

According to Sgt. Duane Frederick, the incident took place about 4 p.m. when a 2006 Toyota traveling west on Ben Titus Road ran into the rear of a 1990 International oil truck that was stopped in the westbound lane delivering home heating fuel.The car's driver, Melissa Cheslock, 47, and passenger Leeann Cheslock, 31, both of Beaver Meadows, were injured. The Cheslocks were not wearing seatbelts, police said.Leeann was airlifted to St. Luke's University Hospital Bethlehem and Melissa was taken to St. Luke's Hospital Miners Campus, Coaldale, via McAdoo Ambulance.The owner of the oil truck, Tim Postupack, 57, of Tamaqua, was not inside the truck when the accident occurred.The crash is still under investigation.