Monroe County crashes
State police at the Stroudsburg barracks reported the following crashes that occurred on Monroe County highways:
• Randy M. Wikris, 61, of Nazareth, was cited for careless driving after a two-vehicle crash at 5:45 a.m. Oct. 27 on the Route 33 on-ramp to Interstate 80 westbound in Hamilton Township. No one was injured in the incident.
Police said he was driving a 2021 Toyota Tundra when a road rage incident took place concerning the Tundra having cut off a 2025 Chevrolet Trax driven by Devon F. Shoop, 31, of Quakertown. They said Shoop began flashing his high beams after the pass, at which time Wikris applied his brakes and caused a rear-end crash.
Police said both vehicles had disabling damage and were towed from the scene.
• No one was injured in a two-vehicle crash at 1:32 p.m. Oct. 26 on the on-ramp from Route 611 to Interstate 80 in Hamilton Township.
Police said the cash occurred when Kaitlin V. Avvisato, 22, of Olyphant, was driving a 2026 Ford Ranger that struck the back of a 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Susan E. McIntosh, 69, of Blakeslee, after the latter had stopped in line to merge onto the interstate.
Police said both vehicles were towed from the scene.
• Dane D. Thorpe, 47, of Bartonsville, was uninjured when the vehicle he was driving struck a deer at 4:16 a.m. Oct. 24 on Route 209 in Hamilton Township.
Police said he was northbound in a 2022 Audi when it struck the deer. The Audi towed from the scene.
• Jan C. Brito Estrella, 24, of Wilkes-Barre, was uninjured in a one-vehicle crash at 9:15 a.m. Oct. 22 on Interstate 80 in Hamilton Township, state police at the Stroudsburg barracks said.
Police said he was driving a 2009 Freightliner eastbound when he attempted to avoid striking a vehicle that was merging into the right lane. Brito Estrella told police his rig crashed into a barrier off the right shoulder of the road because of the attempt to avoid a collision.
Brito Estrella was cited after the crash, according to police.