WPPA / T-102 RADIO NEWS / Monday

ONE DEAD IN WEEKEND CRASH…

35 YEAR OLD DENNIS MANJONE, NUREMBURG WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD FOLLOWNG A CRASH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ALONG ROUTE 924 NEAR RINGTOWN. STATE POLICE SAID MANJONE WAS TRAVELING SOUTH WHILE TRYING TO PASS A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 59 YEAR OLD THOMAS GIBBONS, RINGTOWN, IN A NO PASSING ZONE. HE STRUCK THE DRIVER SIDE OF GIBBONS FORD TRUCK FORCING IT OFF THE ROADWAY INTO A POND. GIBBONS WAS ABLE TO CRAWL OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND GET HELP FROM NEIGHBORS. MANJONE SKIDDED OUT OF CONTROL CROSSING THE SOUTHBOUND LANE, ROLLING SERVAL TIMES BEFORE COMING TO REST ON THE DRIVER SIDE. MANJONE, WHO WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE, WAS LIFE FLIGHTED TO THE GEISNER MEDICAL CENTER IN DANVILLE, WHERE HE WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD DUE TO BLUNT FORCE HEAD INJURIES RECEIVED IN THE CRASH.

WEEKEND CRASHES CLAIM THREE LIVES THRU OUT COUNTY…

58 YEAR OLD MICHEAL METTLEY, TOWER CITY WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD HOURS AFTER AN ATV ACCIDENT IN PORTER TOWNSHIP. STATE POLICE SAID THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED LATE FRIDAY NITE AS METTLEY WAS RIDING ALONG KALMIA ROAD; HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE, TRAVELING OFF THE ROAD AND STRIKING A LARGE PILE OF ROCKS.

IN A SECOND ACCIDENT, EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, IN HEIGNS TOWNSHIP, 22 YEAR OLD SHANNON SULLIVAN, PINE GROVE LOST HER LIFE. SULLIVAN WAS A PASSENGER IN A VEHILCE DRIVEN BY NEIL HATTFIELD, 22, TREMONT. HATFIELD FAILED TO STOP AT THE INTERSECION OF GAP STREET AND SCHWENKS ROAD. THE VEHICLE CROSSED GAP STREET, STRUCK A ROCK EMBANKMENT AND ROLLED ONTO ITS ROOF. SULLIVAN WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE AN AUTOPSY HAS BEEN ORDERED. HATFIELD WAS TAKEN TO THE HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT.

35 YEAR OLD DENNIS MANJONE OF NUREMBURG WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD FOLOWING A CRASH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ALONG ROUTE 924 NER RINGTOWN. MANJONE WAS ATTEMTPING TO PASS A VEHILCE DRIVEN BY 59 YEAR OLD THOMAS GIBBONS, RINGTOWN, IN A NO PASSING ZONE. HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE, ROLLING IT SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS EJECTED. MANJONE DIED OF HEAD INJURIES RECEIVED IN THAT CRASH.



OVER-SIZED LOADS TO CAUSE DELAYS:

SCHUYLKILL PRODUCTS WILL BE MOVING OVER-SIZED LOADS THIS WEEK. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT DELAYS AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF ROUTE 901 AND 183 AND ROUTES 183 AND 61 IN THE CRESSONA AREA. LOADS WILL BE TRAVELING SOUTH ON ROUTE 61 TO 78 WEST TO BRADFORD COUNTY. PLAN YOUR TRAVEL ACCORDINGLY…

THOSE LOADS MOVE
TODAY TWO LEAVING AT 7AM AND TWO AT 9AM
TUESDAY TWO LEAVING AT 7AM; TWO AT 9AM AND TWO AT 11AM
WEDNESDAY TWO LEAVING AT 7AM AND TWO AT 9AM
WEDNESDAY TWO LEAVING AT 7AM AND TWO AT 9AM
THURSDAY TWO LEAVING AT 7AM


MORE TRAFFIC DELAYS…

COUNTY DRIVERS CAN EXPECT ROAD DELAYS THRU OUT THE DAY TODAY!! PENNDOT REPORTS LINE PAINTING WILL BE DONE TODAY ALONG ROUTE 61 BETWEEN ROUTE 443 AND THE RED CHURCH, NEAR ORWIGSBURG. DRIVERS WILL FIND SINGLE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION AS CREWS REMOVE AND REPLACE ROAD MARKINGS. THE NEW MARKINGS WILL SHOW DESIGNATED LEFT TURN LANES AT BRICK HILL ROAD, LIBERTY STREET AND GREEN VIEW DRIVE. DELAYS ARE EXPECT ALL DAY.

DUI STATISTICS:

THE NORTH CENTRAL HIGHWAY SAFETY NETWORK HAS RELEASED STATISTICS FROM A DUI SOBRIETY CHECKPONT HELD AUGUST 18 IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 1,637 VEHICLES CONTACTED, 4 WERE DETAINED AND 1 OPERATOR WAS TESTED FOR DUI. THERE WAS ONE ADULT DUI ARREST. THERE WERE 34 OTHER TRAFFIC ARRESTS, 4 SEATBELT CITATIONS AND 14 WARNINGS ISSUED. SIX DEPARTMENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE CHECKPOINT. ROVING DUI PATROLS WILL BE HELD NOW THRU AUG 27 ALONG ROUTES 61, 183, 901, 209, 309, 443, 895, 125 AND 54. THE NETWORK REMINDS YOU IF YOU SUSPECT A DRUNK DRIVER DIAL 9-1-1. TO REPORT UNDERAGE DRINKING CALL 1-888-UNDER21.