MOUNT CARMEL TOWNSHIP - Two drivers and a passenger were sent to Shamokin Area Community Hospital in Coal Township after a four-vehicle accident at the intersection of Route 54 and Brennans Farm Road.
Police said Norman Ebersole, of Mohnton, was driving a Ford Escape east on Route 54 when his vehicle struck a Ford Bronco driven by Raymond Kornacki, of Mount Carmel, which was traveling across Route 54 on Brennan Farm Road toward DenMar Gardens. Kornacki's vehicle then struck a pickup truck driven by Marlin Hodge, of Kulpmont, which was then pushed backward into a vehicle driven by Ray Vincenzes, of Kulpmont.
Ebersole; Ada Peters, who was a passenger in Ebersole's car, and Kornacki were taken by ambulance to Shamokin Area Community Hospital. According to a nursing supervisor, only Peters was treated; she was later released.
Ebersole was cited for a traffic light violation.