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State police at Hazleton - crashes

State police at the Hazleton barracks reported the following crashes:

• Jason C. Webber, 21, of Beaver Meadows, was cited after a one-vehicle crash at 1:01 p.m. March 12 on the Eckley Road in Lausanne Township.

Police said he was driving a 2011 Dodge Avenger south when he failed to negotiate a curve. The car left the roadway and struck a tree. It had to be towed from the scene.

Police said Webber was uninjured.

• A vehicle driven by a Tamaqua man was damaged in an incident at 9:45 a.m. March 5 on Interstate 81 in Hazle Township.

Police said Rafael Lopez Bermudez, 38, of Tamaqua, was driving a 2010 Toyota Venza northbound when a tractor trailer also traveling in that direction made an unsafe lane change in front of the Venza. Police said Lopez Bermudez was unable to avoid the collision and his vehicle struck the left front tire/quarter panel area of the rig, which continued northbound after the incident.

Lopez Bermudez was not injured, police said.

• Stacie L. Graham, 39, of Weatherly, was uninjured in a three-vehicle crash at 3:51 p.m. March 25 on Fishers Hill Avenue in Hazle Township.

Police said a 2010 Acura operated by Eduardo Lopez Ramirez, 23, of Hazleton, traveling north, failed to stop in time for traffic that had stopped in front of his car for a red light. Police said the Acura struck a 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Graham, pushing it into a 2019 Mercedes-Benz operated by Jill Zapotocky, 47, of Hazle Township.

The other two drivers and a passenger with Lopez Ramirez were also not hurt.

They said Lopez Ramirez was cited for failure to drive at a safe speed.