COAL TOWNSHIP - A 41-year-old Shamokin man remained in serious condition Tuesday after being hit by a car Monday morning while walking along the shoulder of Route 61 in the area of Sam Bressi Motors.
Quigui Wang was flown by Life Flight helicopter to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville after being injured in the 11:35 a.m. accident. Wang was initially treated at the scene by emergency medical personnel before being transported by AREA Services Ambulance to Geisinger-Shamokin Area Community Hospital, where Life Flight landed and flew him to the medical center.
Patrolman Terry Ketchem reported Wang was struck by a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta driven north on Route 61 by Damien Cerklewski, 37, of Shamokin. According to witnesses, the car drifted over the fog line on the highway and struck Wang, who was walking north on the shoulder of the highway toward Shamokin.
Traffic traveling north along Route 61 near the accident scene was detoured until the scene was secured at 1 p.m.
Police said charges are pending against Cerklewski and the accident remains under investigation.
Assisting Ketchem at the scene were AREA Services personnel, Shamokin firefighters, Coal Township fire police and Shamokin Patrolmen William Miner and William Zalinski.