Driver injured
TREVORTON ROAD - Christopher Kern, 34, of 1435 Pulaski Ave., Coal Township, suffered injuries when the 2000 Volkswagen Beetle he was driving traveled off Route 225 (Trevorton Road) into a yard and struck two parked vehicles at 1839 Trevorton Road Sunday night.
Coal Township police said Kern was driving north at 8:54 p.m. when he lost control of the car, which hit a 1996 Ford truck that was pushed into a 2013 Volkswagen. The vehicles are owned by Kathleen and Todd Kinney, of 1839 Trevorton Road.
Kern was transported by AREA Services Ambulance to Geisinger-Shamokin Area Community Hospital, where he underwent emergency room treatment before being released.
Kern's car was towed from the scene by East End Auto.
The accident remains under investigation.
Driver flees
THARPTOWN - Township police are searching for the driver of a vehicle that struck guardrail along Route 61 at the Brewery Curve at 10:18 a.m. Saturday.
Police said the operator was traveling south when his or her vehicle exited the road and hit guardrail before fleeing.
The driver is requested to call Coal Township police at 570-644-0333.
Jacker caught
MANHEIM - A 22-year-old Mifflinburg man accused in a car-jacking at a gas station near Milton was apprehended in Manheim Borough, Lancaster County.
Ryan Clayton was apprehended following a hit-and-run crash about 6:30 a.m. Monday, for which he is charged with receiving stolen property and accident-related offenses. He was driving a 2008 Ford Edge that he allegedly robbed from a woman in Kelly Township, Union County.
State police at Milton said Clayton pulled Corrinne Rank, 60, of Milton, from inside the sport-utility vehicle about 8:20 p.m. Sunday. He jumped into the vehicle and drove off from the Sunoco Gas Station and fled west on Crossroads Drive (Route 1004). Rank suffered a minor injury. Robbery-related charges are pending.
Strikes plow
LAVELLE - Two Ashland men escaped injury in a crash on Main Street (Route 4027) involving a state-owned snow plow.
According to state police at Frackville, Garrett Vandemark, 21, was driving west and rounding a slight right turn onto Main Street, near Barry Road, about 7:30 a.m. Monday when he observed an oncoming PennDOT plow truck and applied his vehicle's brakes. The 2006 Chevrolet Equinox slid into the eastbound path of the 2010 Mack Granite Snowplow and struck its front tire.
The plow truck was driven by Glenn Weinrich, 61. Both men were wearing seat belts, police said. The vehicles sustained minor damages and were driven from the scene.
Hits pole
SELISNGROVE - State police at Selinsgrove said a Sunbury woman was driving too fast on a snow-covered Route 35 when she wrecked a pickup truck into a utility pole about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in Penn Township, Snyder County.
Destini E. Whary, 22, will be cited for driving too fast for conditions. Police said she was driving north near Sand Hill Road, about one mile west of Selinsgrove Speedway, when she lost control of a 1999 Mazda B4000. She was wearing a seat belt and suffered a minor injury, police said. DH&L Ambulance assisted.
2 crash
HUMMELS WHARF - A Sunbury woman will be cited for running a traffic light near the Susquehanna Mall and striking another vehicle.
State police at Selinsgrove said Constance J. Benner, 72, was driving north on the Susquehanna Trail (Routes 11/15) in a 2011 Ford Escape when she ran the traffic light at Roosevelt Avenue about 1 p.m. Sunday and struck a 2015 Subaru Forester driven by Annette H. Shively, 63, of Mifflinburg. Police said both women were wearing seat belts. The Subaru was towed.
Lost control
SELINSGROVE - A Sunbury woman lost control of her vehicle Monday on Routes 11/15 and crashed into a concrete barrier in Union Township, Snyder County.
State police at Selinsgrove said Carolyn R. Epler, 55, was driving a 2002 Chrysler Concord south about 9:45 p.m., between Aqueduct Road and Lauver Lane, when the vehicle slid onto the shoulder and struck the barrier before spinning clockwise and striking the barrier a second time. The vehicle continued to spin before coming to rest.
Epler was wearing a seat belt and was not injured, police said. She will be cited with violating the traffic code, driving vehicle at a safe speed.