An elderly man from Orwigsburg was injured after crashing his car into trees today (Monday, August 31, 2015) along Mountain Road in Blythe Township.
Emergency personnel were dispatched around 1:49 PM to the area of 730 Mountain Road (south of Middleport) for a vehicle into trees with injury.
Responding were firefighters from New Philadelphia fire department, Cumbola fire department, and others.
Also responding were Schuylkill Haven-Pottsville Ambulance and state police.
The man told officials that he was driving up the hill when he hit a spot of sand on the road and lost traction.
Fire police placed flares and controlled traffic around the area.
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