A female driver was taken for treatment at a hospital Monday after her car struck a concrete curb in Rush Township during a driving rainstorm.

Emergency responders were dispatched by the Schuylkill Communications Center about 5:15 p.m. for a report of a car crash with injuries at Claremont Avenue (Route 309) near Turkey Hill Minit Market.Those at the scene said it appeared the driver was attempting to enter the parking lot of the convenience store by way of Oak Lane and drove into the concrete curb, causing the car's air bag to deploy.The driver's name was not immediately available.Responding in addition to Rush Township police were Hometown Fire Company and Tamaqua Rescue Squad.The crash is the fourth collision in Hometown in four days. A two-car crash Thursday on Route 54 not far from the Route 309 and 54 intersection at Hometown was followed by two additional two-car crashes within an hour on Friday.The first one happened at 6:18 p.m. at the intersection of Claremont Avenue (Route 309) and Tide Road (the entrance to Walmart), when Barry Markle, 44, of Mountain Top ran the red light, striking a 2002 Ford being operated by Anthony McKeegan Jr., 49, of Lansford.Markle, whose license expired in 1999, appeared to be drunk and was taken to the hospital for blood tests.Both vehicles were towed from the scene.At 7:14 p.m., Sandra Gerber, 63, of Quakake, ran a red light at the Five Points intersection (routes 309 and 54), striking a car driven by Louis Baddick Jr., 56, of Mechanicsburg. The vehicles came to a stop on different sides of the highway. Gerber was transported to St. Luke's Hospital-Miners Campus in Coaldale by ambulance.Both vehicles were towed from the scene.Citations will be filed in both Friday incidents.- Kathy Kunkel contributed to this report