WINSLOW TOWNSHIP – Two people sustained moderate injuries following a three-vehicle accident at 2:25 p.m. Wednesday along U.S. Route 322 in Winslow Township, the DuBois-based state police reported.
Allen F. States, 72, and his passenger, Alverta M. States, 74, both of Punxsutawney, were transported by ambulance to the DuBois Regional Medical Center – West for treatment. Both were wearing their seatbelts at the time of the accident.
Joseph E. Baker, 21, of Knox Dale was traveling westbound on U.S. Route 322 approximately 115 feet west of Church Street. Two vehicles stopped ahead for the front one to turn south off U.S. Route 322. Baker failed to observe the vehicles stopped ahead.
To avoid rear-ending them, he swerved his truck into the oncoming lane of traffic. His truck then impacted the States vehicle head-on in the eastbound lane. The States vehicle was traveling eastbound on U.S. Route 322.
Kara J. Gregor, 18, of Reynoldsville was also traveling eastbound on U.S. Route 322 behind the States vehicle. She wasn’t able to avoid the Baker and States vehicles in the eastbound lane. Her front driver’s side struck the rear passenger’s side of the States vehicle.
Baker will be cited for two vehicle code violations. State police were assisted by the Reynoldsville Volunteer Fire Department and both Reynoldsville and Sykesville ambulance.