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Hazleton state police report on crashes

State police at Hazleton report on the following crashes:

A Carbon County driver was involved in a one-vehicle crash in Luzerne County in which she was cited.

• State police said Grismairy Peralta Munoz, 21, of Lansford, was driving a 2013 Cadillac ATS westbound on Route 924, just west of the intersection with Veterqans Road, in Hazle Township, at 7:44 a.m. on Nov. 2 when her vehicle left the road and struck a tree. Upon striking the tree the vehicle rolled over and came to rest on its wheels facing east off the road.

Peralta Munoz sustained a suspected minor injury and was taken to the Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton Campus.

She was cited for the crash, troopers said.

• A Carbon County driver was involved in a crash with a deer along a Luzerne County road on Nov. 4 at 7:19 a.m.

State police at Hazleton said Rocco F. Connors, 32, of Weatherly, was driving a 2017 Subaru Legacy southbound on North Lehigh Gorge Road in Foster Township when a deer entered the road in front of him. Connors was unable to avoid hitting the deer.

Connors was not injured but the vehicle was towed.