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PORT MATILDA -- State police at Rockview conducted a traffic stop on a 2018 Volkswagen Atlas on Sept. 6, at approximately 1:03 a.m., police said.
The operator, Ryan McKean, 34, of Graysville, Pa., was arrested for DUI, according to police.
Truck hits mini bike
AVIS -- On Sept. 9, at approximately 4:35 p.m., state police at Lamar were dispatched to the intersection of Cliff Street and Clinton Street in Avis Borough for a report of a pickup truck versus a mini bike with injuries, police said.
The crash occurred as a 17-year-old male driving a Coleman CT100u rode through a stop sign while traveling east on Clinton Street at the same time Brian W. Winter, 54, of Jersey Shore, driving a 2025 Ford F250 was traveling north on Cliff Street, according to police.
Winter struck the mini bike, causing the bike to fall onto its side and slide off the east side of Cliff Street where it came to a final rest, police said.
The operator of the mini bike sustained suspected serious bodily injury as a result of the crash and was flown to Geisinger in Danville via life flight, police said.
Neither Winter nor his passenger, Charissa A. Winter, 54, of Jersey Shore, were injured, police said.
Single vehicle accident
LAMAR -- Kaleb D. Allen, 31, of Mill Hall, was traveling east in the area of 1304 E. End Mountain Road in Lamar Township on Sept. 12, at approximately 4:46 p.m., when he left the northside of the roadway and overcorrected, striking two trees, according to state police at Lamar.
Upon striking the trees, the vehicle, a 2023 BMW X3, came to a final rest in a nearby corn field with heavy front-end damage and was towed from the scene by Bressler's Garage, police said.
Allen sustained moderate injury and was transported to UPMC-Lock Haven, police said.
Vehicle rear-ended
BEECH CREEK -- A crash occurred in the 500 block of Eagle Valley Road in Beech Creek Township on Sept. 2, at approximately 5:13 a.m., according to state police at Lamar.
Ibrahim M. Wells, 42, of Mill Hall, was traveling west on Eagle Valley Road in a 2008 Chevrolet Impala when it struck the rear of a 2016 Chevrolet Silverado, driven by Marc D. Reed, 58, of Mill Hall, police said.
No injuries were reported on the scene and both drivers were wearing their seatbelts, police said.
Martin Motors assisted on scene.
Drug possession
MILL HALL -- State police at Lamar responded to a location along Nittany Valley Drive in Porter Township for an unresponsive male near a parked vehicle on Aug. 13, at approximately 2:19 p.m.
Upon arrival, police observed indicators of criminal activity and obtained a search warrant for the contents of the vehicle resulting in illegal drugs being seized, police said.
Charges have been filed through District Judge Heidi Wright's office.