Separate crashes on county roads

Intelligencer Journal

May 16, 2009 01:52 EST

By STAFF REPORT

Four people were injured about 2 p.m. Friday when the vehicle they were riding in rolled over in the 900 block of Smokestown Road in East Cocalico Township, according to a news release by East Cocalico police.

Police said a blue Kia sedan driven by Frank Suriano, 31, of Denver, was traveling eastbound on Smokestown Road when it crossed into the westbound lane, struck a tree on the shoulder of the road and slid down a small embankment. The vehicle came to rest upside down, partially submerged in a creek.

Suriano and his three passengers, Heather Suriano, 30, Frank Suriano, 5, and Kiara Miller, 4, all of Denver, were transported to Reading Hospital and treated for minor injuries.

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In Ephrata Borough, a crash occurred at North State and Chestnut streets about 6:50 p.m. Friday when a gray Ford F-150 traveling north on State Street hit a silver Honda CRV, according to Ephrata police Officer Matthew Lucky.

The driver of the truck, Nina Beech, of the first block of Park Avenue, Ephrata, hit the Honda, driven by Jo Ann N. Loose, of the 200 block of Reamstown Road, Denver, as Beech tried to turn left on Chestnut Street, Lucky said. The Honda then rolled on to its side.

Beech reportedly told police she did not see the Honda.

Loose was taken to Ephrata Community Hospital for a medical evaluation. Beech was not hurt.

Charges are pending, Lucky said.