State police at Fern Ridge - crashes
State police at the Fern Ridge barracks reported the following crashes:
• Alicia Watkins, 36, of Douglassville, was treated after a two-vehicle crash at 9:28 p.m. on Oct. 20 on Interstate 80 in Kidder Township.
She was transported by personnel from the Lake Harmony Rescue Squad Ambulance Corps to the St. Luke’s Hospital, Carbon Campus, Franklin Township.
Police said the crash occurred as Attila I. Jones, 25, of Brooklyn, New York, was driving a 2014 Maserati west when he lost control of the vehicle and it struck a guide rail. Police said the vehicle was partially blocking the right lane of travel when it was struck by a 2023 Mack Truck operated by Myron L. Wright, 30, of Fairburn, Georgia, who had Watkins as his passenger.
Police said after striking the Maserati the truck went out of control, traveled onto the right shoulder, went down an embankment and hit a tree.
The truck was towed from the scene.
• No one was injured in a two-vehicle crash at 1:59 p.m. on Oct. 29 on Burger Hollow Road, Chestnuthill Township.
Police said the crash occurred as Heather M. Buckley, 49, of Effort, was driving a 2008 Honda Accord south when it struck a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado driven by James L. Schmidt, 42, of Quakertown, that had been parked on the right side of the road, halfway on the roadway.
Police said the Accord was towed from the scene.
Buckley was cited for driving a vehicle without insurance, according to police.
• Gianna M. Killey, 25, of Blakeslee, was treated after a one-vehicle crash at 7:26 a.m. on Oct. 30 on State Road, Chestnuthill Township.
Police said she was transported by personnel from the Lehigh Valley Health Network EMS corps to the Lehigh Valley Hospital, Pocono Campus, East Stroudsburg.
They said she was driving a 2018 Subaru Crosstrek that struck a deer that had entered its path.
• Michael J. Luckenbill, 34, of Albrightsville, is facing charges of driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance following a one-vehicle crash on Stony Mountain Road, Penn Forest Township.
Police said he was injured in the crash and was transported by personnel from the Lehighton Ambulance Association to the St. Luke’s Hospital, Carbon Campus, Franklin Township. They said the severity of his injuries is unknown.
Police said he was driving a 2020 Volkswagen that traveled off the road and struck a tree head-on.