Published July 07. 2025 09:23AM
State police at the Frackville barracks reported the following crashes:
• No one was injured in a two-vehicle crash at 5:35 p.m. June 25 on Interstate 81 in Mahanoy Township.
Police said the crash occurred when Abigail A. Stella, 27, of Scranton, was driving a 2020 Toyota RAV4 that began to hydroplane, causing the vehicle to spin counterclockwise and slam into a 1998 Peterbilt operated by Earl C. Comstock, 64, of Apalachin, New York.
The RAV4 then crashed into a concrete traffic barrier on the eastern side of the highway, police said.
The Toyota was towed from the scene.
• Juana M. Vargas, 58, of Kearny, New Jersey, was injured in a two-vehicle crash at 2:10 p.m. June 27 on Route 54 in Mahanoy Township.
Police said she was transported by personnel from the Frackville Community Ambulance Association to the Lehigh Valley Hospital-East, Pottsville.
They said the crash occurred when Manuel A. Vargas, 63, also of Kearny, was driving a 2000 Saturn eastbound and failed to yield to oncoming traffic at the intersection of West Centre Street and struck a 2002 Chevrolet Trail Blazer driven by Raymond R. Miller, 80, of Mahanoy City.
Juana Vargas was one of three passengers in the Saturn, police said.
Both vehicles were towed from the scene.
Manuel Vargas was cited after the crash, according to police.