Published June 28. 2023 02:45PM
State police at Lehighton reported on the following crashes.
• Michael C. O’Brien, 82, of Walnutport, sustained suspected minor injuries in a one-vehicle mishap at 5 p.m. June 18 on East Sunset Road in East Penn Township.
Police said he was transported by personnel from the Palmerton Community Ambulance Association to the St. Luke’s Hospital, Carbon Campus, Franklin Township, after being treated for a nose bleed.
Police said he was driving a 2012 Cadillac eastbound and traveled toward the right shoulder where it struck a utility police.
The car was towed from the scene, police said.
• Michael J. Tofil, 27, of Saylorsburg, escaped injuries in a one-vehicle crash at 7:53 p.m. June 22 on the Kunkletown Road in Eldred Township.
State police at the Lehighton barracks said he was driving a 2012 Ford Focus eastbound when he swerved to avoid striking a deer in the roadway. The car traveled off the road and struck a tree head-on, sustaining damages to its right bumper, left fender area and windshield. Its front air bag also deployed.
• Marguerite Carrelli, 70, of Kunkletown, escaped serious injuries when a car she was driving crashed and overturned at 11:32 a.m. June 22 on Robinhood Drive in Polk Township.
Police said she sustained a minor injury but declined further medical assistance.
Police said she was driving a 2017 Hyundai Veloster southbound when she lost control of the vehicle, It struck a culvert on the berm of the road and overturned, coming to rest in the southbound lane of Robinhood Drive.
The car sustained disabling damages and was towed from the scene, police said.