Ringtown woman suffers minor injuries in Union Township vehicle accident
By Kaylee Lindenmuth
UNION TOWNSHIP – A Ringtown woman suffered minor injuries after their vehicle crashed into a ditch in the Ringtown Valley Wednesday evening.
According to the State Police at Frackville, Lucille Merenda, 68, was travelling westbound on Little Mountain Road when, just after 7:30pm, her 2009 Chevy Cobalt traveled off the north side of the roadway, striking a ditch.
The vehicle came to a rest in the ditch, on the northern berm, facing north.
Merenda was transported to Lehigh Valley Hospital – Schuylkill – East Norwegian Street in Pottsville by Area Services Ambulance for evaluation of suspected minor injuries.
Assisting state police at the scene were fire crews from Ringtown Valley and Mahanoy City’s West End, and recovering the vehicle was Steve’s Towing, Shenandoah.