IRISH VALLEY - The setting sun may have played a factor in a one-vehicle accident that injured a flagger Wednesday afternoon on Irish Valley Road.
Emergency personnel responded around 4:30 p.m. to Irish Valley Road, approximately 30 yards west of the intersection with Badman's Hill Road, after a Chysler Sebring, driven by Ann E. Benedict, of Shamokin, traveling west struck James Fredericks, of Tamaqua, a member of Flagger Force, a traffic control company.
State police at Stonington report Fredericks was collecting cones in a work zone when he was struck by the vehicle. Benedict, traveling west on Irish Valley Road, told police she was temporarily blinded by the sun, causing her to strike Fredericks.
There were at least two construction signs - one of which indicated a flagger was ahead - east of the intersection with Badman's Hill Road.
Fredericks was taken to Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, by Elysburg Ambulance for treatment of a broken leg. A condition update was not available Wednesday evening.