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Carbon driver in work zone crash

A Carbon County driver was among four drivers involved in crash along Interstate 81 in Dorrance Township, Luzerne County.

State police at Hazleton said the drivers were all northbound traveling at a low rate of speed while in a construction zone at 11:30 a.m. June 16. Troopers said Marjorie K. Wolfe, 84, of Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, driving a 2006 Toyota Camry, crashed into a Kenworth tractor trailer rig driven by Jerry R. Collins, 55, of Indianapolis, Indiana. After that impact Wolfe continued on and struck a GMC Acadia driven by Kristy L. Welch, 42, of Conyngham, Luzerne County, and then a 2015 Dodge Journey driven by Sherry S. Belotti, 37, of Beaver Meadows.

Troopers indicated that Wolfe, Welch and her passengers, two boys ages 12 and 9, sustained possible minor injuries and were taken to the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township. The other drivers were not injured.

Wolfe was cited for driving vehicle at a unsafe speed.