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State police at Lehighton - crashes

State police at Lehighton reported on the following crashes:

• A two-vehicle crash happened along Forest Inn Road in Lower Towamensing Township, Carbon County, at 12:10 p.m. on May 30.

Troopers said Amber L. Brzozowski, 33, of Northampton, was driving a 2004 Jeep Liberty and traveling westbound pulling out of a driveway to turn left onto Forest Inn Road. She pulled out without proper clearance and entered the northbound lane where Brandon M. Behler, 28, of Lehighton, was driving a 2003 Harley-Davidson Soft Tail motorcycle northbound. Behler anticipated Brzozowski’s action and began to slow down. The front end of the Jeep struck the right side of the bike.

Behler suffered minor injuries to his legs and was taken by Palmerton ambulance to St. Luke’s Carbon Campus, Franklin Township. Brzozowski was not injured.

Brzozowski was cited for the crash.

• A 17-year-old Palmerton boy escaped injuries in a one-car crash at 3:02 p.m. May 20 on Fireline Road in Bowmanstown.

Police said he was driving a 2009 Ford Ranger eastbound when he lost control of the vehicle. It crossed the double lines, left the roadway and struck an embankment.

• A one-vehicle crash happened at 8:32 p.m. on June 1 along Route 903 in Penn Forest Township, Carbon County.

Troopers said David W. Diehl, 55, of Lehighton, was driving a 2001 Harley-Davidson Fatboy motorcycle southbound when a deer entered the road in front of him. He was unable to avoid the deer and struck it with the front of the bike. Diehl was separated from the bike and slid to rest on the road. The bike slid on its side and came to rest on the road.

Diehl sustained minor cuts and scrapes but did not require immediate medical treatment. The bike was towed.