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Nesquehoning police cite three for crashes

Nesquehoning police cited three drivers following crashes in the borough last month.

The first crash happened at 10:34 a.m. on Sept. 19, police said.A vehicle, driven by Kaitlin Karnish, 18, of Weatherly, was traveling westbound on Catawissa Street when she lost control while trying to negotiate a left turn. Karnish traveled over the curb and struck a pickup owned by the Kovatch Corporation that was parked at the time. No one was in the pickup at the time of the collision.Karnish was cited for the incident.At 3:40 p.m., on Sept. 27, police were called to a three-vehicle crash along the 100 block of West Catawissa Street.A Honda SUV had been traveling east when it struck the rear of a Nissan sedan, which then struck the rear of a Chevrolet pickup.The driver of the SUV, identified as Nicholas Lambert, 30, of Weatherly, was cited for the incident.At 3 p.m., on Sept. 28, a two-vehicle crash occurred in front of Panther Valley Elementary School.Police said the car, driven by a 16-year-old female, failed to stop in time and struck the rear of another vehicle that had stopped.The juvenile was cited for the crash.