Two injured
VALLEY TOWNSHIP - Two Marion Heights residents were injured in a two-vehicle accident Sunday afternoon at the intersection of Continental Boulevard and Valley West Road in this Montour County township.
State police at Milton reported Cainen J. McAllister, 21, of Danville, was making a left turn from McCracken Run Road onto Continental Boulevard at 2:42 p.m. when he pulled his 1997 Nissan Maxima into the path of a 2004 Ford Explorer operated by Charlotte J. Sarisky, 18, of Marion Heights, resulting in a collision. Sarisky was traveling west on Continental Boulevard in the left lane when the accident occurred.
Two passengers in Sarisky's vehicle, Lynn A. Sarisky, 44, and Barbara M. Zanuck, 72, both of Marion Heights, suffered injuries and were transported by ambulance to Geisinger Medical Center, Danville.
Both drivers and another passenger in Sarisky's Explorer, Allison M. Sarisky, 23, of Marion Heights, escaped injury.
Asleep at the wheel
CATAWISSA - A Mount Carmel woman suffered minor injuries early Sunday morning in a one vehicle accident near the intersection of West Hillcrest Drive, Catawissa.
State Police at Bloomsburg reported Amber N. Kogut, 18, was traveling north on State Route 487, River Hill Drive, when she failed to negotiate a left turn in the roadway after she fell asleep. She exited the right side of the road striking a tree with the front of her vehicle. Her 2005 Toyota Highlander sustained heavy front end damage and was towed from the scene. Kogut, who was wearing her seatbelt, was transported to Geisinger Medical Center for treatment.
DUI, heroin charges
COAL TOWNSHIP - Jared Robert Paul Stover, 26, of 3614 Upper Road, Shamokin, was charged by Patrolman Terry Ketchem Jr. with driving under the influence of laorzepam (a metabolite of heroin), possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia relating to a Sept. 2 incident on Route 61 near Tharptown.
Police found bags of heroin in Stover's shoe, several heroin wrappers containing residue and bottle caps used to prepare heroin to be injected into the body.