Published May 09. 2026 03:05AM
State police at the Pocono barracks reported the following crashes that occurred on the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike:
• Police were called to a crash at 4:55 a.m. May 3 at mile marker 65.1 in Washington Township.
They said a 2025 Ford Escape that was southbound struck a deer that had attempted to cross its lane of travel.
No additional information about the incident was provided.
• No one was injured in a two-vehicle crash at 6:20 p.m. April 27 at mile marker 91 in Kidder Township.
Police said the crash occurred when a dark-colored pickup truck traveling south sideswiped the left side of a crash truck mounted with an attenuator and continued southbound without stopping.
The crash truck, a 2011 International Harvester, was driven by Richard Notarfrancesco, 34, of Tamaqua, police said. It had minor damage, as did the attenuator.
• Joel Pena, 40, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, was uninjured in a one-vehicle crash at 5:11 p.m. April 25 at mile marker 85.1 in Penn Forest Township.
Police said he was driving a 2017 Nissan Rogue north when he lost control of it and the vehicle hit a guide rail along the right shoulder of the road.
The Rogue had damage to its front bumper, which police said was pushed toward the engine compartment.