MAHANOY CITY - State and local police are still trying to piece together how a Mahanoy City man suffered severe head injuries Friday night.

Mahanoy City police patrolman Thomas Rentschler said the incident unfolded when he was called to the area of B and Spruce streets at 9:17 p.m. for a report of an unknown problem, a person down in the street.At the scene, Rentschler said, he found Joseph Polusky, 60, of 500 W. Spruce St., lying on the street unresponsive and severely bleeding from his head. Also at the scene was the man who saw Polusky and called the Schuylkill County Communications Center.Rentschler said he began to render emergency care to Polusky and, shortly after, received assistance from members of the Good American Fire Company who live nearby as well as Mahanoy City EMS that arrived within minutes.Polusky was taken by Mahanoy City EMS, assisted by paramedics from Shenandoah ALS, to the helipad at State Correctional Institution/Mahanoy, where he was placed aboard the Life Flight helicopter and flown to Geisinger Medical Center, Danville.As of Saturday night, Rentschler said, Polusky is in serious condition in the Intensive Care Unit at the trauma center.After discovering numerous areas of blood on B Street, between Maple and Spruce streets, and the door to the Polusky home open, Rentschler said he and Mahanoy Township Police Chief Brandon Alexander searched the residence for anyone inside and also clues to how Polusky was injured."Due to the circumstances and evidence at the scene and Polusky's injuries, I contacted state police at Frackville for assistance," Rentschler said.State police criminal investigators troopers Alan Zulick and Thomas Robin arrived at the scene assisted by Cpl. Leo Luciani and trooper Joseph Aponick. The area was subsequently secured and a state police Forensic Services Unit was called to collect evidence and photograph the area.Borough officers, along with Shenandoah and Mahanoy Township police, assisted in securing the area and also went door-to-door asking residents if they noticed anything unusual or out of the ordinary about the time Polusky was found.Rentschler said the processing of the scene was a lengthy process and police finally cleared the scene about 3 a.m.Authorities are still trying to determine how Polusky was injured and are asking anyone with information to call Rentschler at 570-773-2313 or Zulick at the Frackville station at 570-874-5300.All information received will remain confidential.