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Turnpike crashes

State police at Pocono investigated the following crashes:

• Two crashes involving deer happened on June 4.

The first was at mile marker 67.5 in Washington Township when Jaelyn T. Ruiz, 21, of Allentown, was operating a Ford Fusion southbound and hit two deer. She was uninjured.

Police said the car was towed from the scene.

The second one was at mile marker 78.1 in Franklin Township when Brian R. Reese, 54, of Drums, was driving a Volkswagen Atlas and hit a deer. He was not hurt.

• A crash happened at 4:59 p.m. June 1 at mile marker 75.4 in Parryville.

Police said Erik Hernandez, 23, of Norristown, was driving a Ford Edge when he changed lanes and struck an International Harvester operated by Jose I. Olivera, 45, of Gilbertsville, and then struck the center barrier.

No one was injured.

Police said Hernandez was cited for the crash.

• No one was hurt in three separate traffic crashes.

The first one was at 4:02 p.m. May 15 at mile marker 96.8 in Kidder Township. Police said a truck traveling north merged into the path of a Dodge Ram 3500 operated by Zachary T. Field, 36, of Glendale, California, sideswiping it. Police said the striking vehicle left the scene.

The Ram truck sustained moderate damages.

The second and third crashes took place on June 3, the first of them happening at 2:01 p.m. at mile marker 80.6 in Penn Forest Township.

Police said Megan M. Calafati, 49, of Harleysville, was operating a Mazda CX-5 northbound when it struck and killed a deer.

The other crash that day happened at 5:20 p.m. at mile marker 72.1 in East Penn Township.

Police said Joanne S. Hofferman, 62, of Chalfont, was driving a Subaru Outback northbound in heavy rain, went out of control and hit the center barrier, police said.

• Glorimar Renolaves Rios, 31, of Allentown, was cited after a one-vehicle crash at 9:14 a.m. May 27 at mile marker 72.3 in East Penn Township.

Police said she was driving a Nissan Rogue northbound when it spun out and rolled onto its driver’s side.

Renolaves and a passenger, Michele E. Simbana, 29, also of Allentown, were not hurt.

• Police said a Toyota Sienna was towed at 10:15 p.m. May 24 at mile marker 75 in Parryville Borough.

Police said Mark Berkowitz, 40, of Lakewood, New Jersey, was northbound when he hit a deer.

The driver was uninjured, police said.

• Thomas A. Loesch, 30, of Lehighton, was uninjured in a fender-bender mishap that happened at 4:59 p.m. June 9 in Lower Southampton Township.

State police at the King of Prussia barracks said he was driving a Kia Optima that was struck from behind by a 2015 Toyota Corolla driven by Kyle T. Rutter, 20, of Hamilton, New Jersey.

Police said the impact of the crash resulted in the Optima striking the rear of a Kia Soul driven by Jennifer A. McCloskey, 46, of Croydon. Police said McCloskey and Loesch had stopped their vehicles due to traffic stopping on front of them.

Police said Rutter was cited for following too closely.