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State police at Frackville - crashes

State police at Frackville detailed several incidents:

• William H. Beck, 57, of Minersville, escaped injuries in a motorcycle crash at 4:54 p.m. May 31 on the Morea Road in Mahanoy Township.

Police said he was operating a 2008 Harley-Davidson westbound when an unknown vehicle turned from Roosevelt Drive onto the Morea Road in front of the cycle. Police said Beck lost control of the cycle and it slid down across both lanes coming to rest in the middle of both lanes.

Police said the vehicle that pulled into the path of the cycle fled the scene in a westerly direction.

• Pradit M. Caparas, 33, of Scranton, escaped injuries when a tractor trailer he was driving crashed at 2:16 p.m. May 31 on Interstate 81 in Ryan Township after an insect entered the vehicle through an open window.

Police said he was driving a 2016 Freightliner that left the roadway after he began swatting the insect. Police said the rig struck a mile marker post and embankment on the east shoulder of the road. The vehicle was towed from the scene.

Police said Caparas was cited for the incident.

• A cyclist lost control of his 2011 Yamaha while traveling on Grier Avenue in Delano Township at 5:34 p.m. June 1.

Police did not identify the operator but said no one was hurt in the incident.

They said the cyclist was traveling down a hill and negotiating a right-hand curve when he/she lost control of the Yamaha, which slid across the northbound lane and came to rest on the shoulder of the road.

The operator was cited for the incident and operating a vehicle without a certificate of inspection.