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Schuylkill crashes

State police report the following crashes in Schuylkill County.

• A one-vehicle crash happened Tuesday along Peach Mountain Road in Norwegian Township.

Troopers said Lynn M. Barber, 65, of St. Clair, was driving a Ford Focus northbound when her vehicle left the road and hit a utility pole. Barber had minor injuries and was taken to the Lehigh Valley Hospital East, Pottsville, police said.

• A one-vehicle crash happened July 30 along Mountain Road in Butler Township.

Troopers said Manuel Santiago Alequin, 23, of Tower City, was driving southbound at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his vehicle on a curve, hitting an embankment. The vehicle then crossed the road and turned over, coming to rest on the shoulder of the road, police said.

Santiago Alequin was not injured. The vehicle had to be towed.

He was cited for driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked, police said.