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Police Blotter 07-09-09
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RUSH TOWNSHIP - A Fleetwood man escaped injury following a one-vehicle crash at 4 p.m. Tuesday on Route 54, near Boyd Station Road.
State police at Stonington reported a 1992 Ford F-150 Truck, driven by Eric R. Weaver, 50, of Fleetwood, was traveling west on Route 54, near the Cherokee Golf Course, when he lost control of the vehicle unknown reasons. The truck traveled 400 feet, crossed the fog line and entered oncoming traffic's lane. The F-150 spun around, struck a tree and came to rest facing east.
Weaver was not injured. Police said Weaver will be cited for driving on roadways laned for traffic. Assisting police at the scene were Riverside Fire and Rescue and Danville Fire Police.
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ELYSBURG - A Lock Haven man was treated and released following a lightning strike at Knoebels Campground on June 26.
Locust Township Police reported Douglas Fetzer, of Lock Haven, was about to climb into a camper in the Manitoba lot around 6:35 p.m. when, during an electrical storm at the park, a lightning bolt stuck nearby just as he touched the camper's metal grab bar.
Police say Fetzer was directly struck, but the contact with the metal left him with a burn on the wrist.
According park manager Buddy Knoebel, Fetzer was conscious and talking, but "was experiencing some post-event symptoms." Park EMTs cared for him until an ambulance came to transport him to Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where he was treated and released.
Police could not determine the exact location where the lightning struck.
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