Two-vehicle crash
COAL TOWNSHIP - No injuries were reported in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday morning on Route 61 at Burger King.
Coal Township Patrolman Chad Yoder reported Larry Smith, 74, of Atlas, had his 2011 Jeep stopped at the intersection waiting to turn left to travel south on Route 61 shortly before 11:30 a.m. when a Disposal Management Services garbage truck operated by Alexander Epley, 35, of Bloomsburg, struck the passenger side of Smith's vehicle. Police said Epley was attempting to turn right onto Route 61 from the jughandle.
The Jeep sustained damage to its passenger side from the rear bumper to front fender.
Smith, Epley and a passenger in Smith's Jeep, Kathy Gallagher, 44, of Shamokin, escaped injury.