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State police at Fern Ridge report on area crashes

State police at the Fern ridge barracks reported on several area crashes:

• Three people were hurt in a two-vehicle crash at 6:58 p.m. Dec. 15 at the intersection of Route 209 and Weir Lake Road in Chestnuthill Township.

Police said Sheena-Elise Mantilla, 36, of Albrightsville, one of the drivers, and two of her passengers, boys, ages 11 and 10, were injured.

Police said Mantilla and the 11-year-old were transported by the West End Ambulance to the St. Luke’s Hospital, Pocono Campus, East Stroudsburg, while the 10-year-old was taken to the hospital by a friend of the family. Police said the extent of their injuries is unknown.

Police said Mantilla, driving a 2016 Honda Pilot north on Route 209, was turning left onto Weir Lake Road when it was struck in the left front by a 2007 Buick Lacrosse operated by Robert J. Rotz, 23, of Saylorsburg, who was eastbound on Weir Lake Road.

Police said Rotz was cited.

He was uninjured.

The Lacrosse was driven from the scene while the Honda was towed, police said.

• The driver of a vehicle involved in a minor crash in the parking lot of the Uni-mart convenience store off Route 115 in Chestnuthill Township was cited for driving without a license.

The incident happened at 12:55 a.m. Dec. 20 when a 2006 Hyundai Sante Fe struck the left front of a 1997 Chevrolet Astro van. Both vehicles were drivable after the mishap.

Police said the driver of the Santa Fe also did not have insurance.

They said the driver and the owner of the vehicle were both cited.

• Denise Colon, 42, of Carbondale, was cited with driving with a suspended license following a crash at 8:28 p.m. Dec. 27 on Interstate 80 in Kidder Township.

Police said she was driving a 2008 Volkswagen on the eastbound on-ramp of the interstate when it struck a concrete barrier.

Colon was uninjured.

The vehicle was towed from the scene.

• Veronica Lindquist, 23, of Bellefonte, escaped injuries in a one-vehicle crash at 10:10 a.m. Dec. 14 on Interstate 80 in Kidder Township.

Police said she was driving a 2011 Chevrolet Equinox eastbound and was traveling too fast for conditions when she lost control of the car and hit a tree head-on.

Lindquist was injured but the vehicle was towed from the scene.

Police said she was cited for failure to drive at a safe speed.

• Angela M. Bosco, 18, of Jim Thorpe, was cited after a crash at 7:52 a.m. Dec. 27 at the intersection of Unionville and Smith roads in Penn Forest Township.

Police said she was driving a 2010 Ford Focus east on Unionville Road when she attempted to turn left onto Smith Road in front of a 2007 Mercury Mountaineer driven by Kayla Cook, 28, of Lansford.

Both vehicles were towed from the scene. No injuries were reported.

• Alexis N. Bright, 30, of Pine Hill, New Jersey, suffered minor injuries in a crash at 11:53 p.m. Dec. 25 on Route 903 in Penn Forest Township.

Police said she was transported to the St. Luke’s Hospital, Lehighton, by the Lake Harmony Rescue Squad. Two passengers in the vehicle were uninjured.

Police said she was driving a 2011 Dodge Charger northbound and was traveling too fast for conditions when she lost control of the vehicle and it crashed into an embankment. The car was towed from the scene.

Bright was cited.

• Avery S. Riley, 36, of Philadelphia, was cited after a one-vehicle crash at 11:50 a.m. Dec. 25 on Route 903 in Penn Forest Township.

Police said he was driving a 2013 Ford Fusion northbound when it left the road and struck a rock wall. The car was towed from the scene.

Riley was uninjured, police said.

• Christina M. Adams, 40, of Philadelphia, escaped injuries in a one-vehicle crash at 8:32 a.m. Dec. 25 on Route 903 in Penn Forest Township.

Police said she was driving a 2007 Nissan Altima northbound when it traveled over a large pool of water in the road, causing her to lost control of the vehicle. It struck the guide rail on the right side of the road.

The car sustained disabling damages and was towed from the scene, police said.

• A 2007 Honda Civic rolled over two times after a crash at 8:36 p.m. Dec. 9 on Interstate 80 in Kidder Township.

The driver, Brian R. Thomas, 37, of Mountain Top, was uninjured but was cited for the incident.

Police said he was westbound in a work zone,with the right lane. The vehicle hit snow, and Thomas overcompensated as he turned, losing control of the vehicle.

Police said it traveled across the left lane and struck a tree before rolling over and coming to rest on its wheels.

The vehicle was towed from the scene.

• A driver and two passengers in a 2010 Cadillac Escalade were involved in a crash at 7:06 a.m. Dec. 20 on Interstate 80 in East Side Borough.

Police said Michael Woelfle, 47, of Astabula, Ohio, was driving with two teens, ages 13 and 16, as passengers.

Police did not provide the details of the incident, but said the White Haven Rescue Squad responded to the scene.