Two excape with minor injuries after crash

Two people avoided serious injury following a crash in Rush Township Monday morning.

Township police say that 33-year-old Michelle Kanger, of Ginthers, was headed south on Lincoln Drive, from Route 309 toward Hometown when she left the roadway and struck a utility pole. The impact forced the car across the road and down an embankment onto the railroad tracks some 50 feet below. The car ended up on its roof.

Kanger and her 6-year-old daughter were able to escape from the vehicle with minor injuries. They were treated at St. Luke's/Miners Memorial Medical Center, then released. Rescue workers helped the pair to climb up the embankment to safety.

The crash happened around 7:30am Monday.