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Schuylkill crash investigated

State police at Schuylkill Haven reported investigating a four-vehicle crash in Schuylkill County on Thursday.

The crash was reported at 5:38 p.m. along Route 443 in North Manheim Township, at the entrance to Blue Mountain High School.Troopers said Daniel S. Greenwalt, 18, of Orwigsburg, was stopped on 443 eastbound waiting to turn left into the high school. Rajnikant Patel, 53, of Orwigsburg, and Cynthia Hartranft, 51, of Schuylkill Haven also stopped behind Greenwalt.A 2008 Ford Escape driven by Elaine A. Kimmel, 23, of Auburn, struck the rear of Hartranft's 2001 Pontiac Grand Am pushing it into the rear of Patel's 2007 Honda Civic, which then hit the rear of Greenwalt's 1998 Ford Contour. No one was injured. The Escape and Grand Am had to be towed from the scene.Troopers cited Kimmel for driving at an unsafe speed.