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Route 209 between Nesquehoning and Lansford reopens

Route 209 between Nesquehoning and Lansford has reopened following a single vehicle crash this morning.

Nesquehoning and Jim Thorpe fire departments and Lehighton Ambulance were dispatched to the scene with reported entrapment.

According to reports at the scene, one male was injured in the crash that happened around 9:15 a.m. He was driving north when he lost control of his vehicle and slid off the roadway and into a utility pole.

Lehighton paramedics treated the man at the scene before transporting the patient.

The road opened just before 10:30 a.m.

A second crash in the borough was reported just after 10 a.m. at the Fuel Up Mini-mart on East Catawissa Street.

According to scanner reports, a vehicle and a snowplow collided in the parking lot of the business. No injuries are reported.