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Schuylkill County woman dies in head-on crash

A Schuylkill County woman was killed on Wednesday afternoon after her vehicle was struck head-on by a sport utility vehicle that crossed into her lane of travel.

Mary Lou Leiby, 61, of Ringtown, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash which occurred along Powder Mill Road (Route 4030), in Butler Township, at 12:35 p.m.Township police said Leiby was eastbound and the SUV, operated by Amy Boppel, 35, of Ashland, who was westbound, crossed into the eastbound lane and collided with Leiby's car.Two passengers with Leiby, a girl and teenage boy were injured. The girl was flown by a medical helicopter to a trauma center. The boy was taken by ambulance to a hospital.Boppel was administered a blood test to determine if alcohol played a role in the crash, police said.

LARRY NEFF/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS Mary Lou Leiby, 61, of Ringtown, died Wednesday afternoon after a two-vehicle crash along High Street just west of Mahanoy Plane.