Three Vehicle Rush Hour Crash Injures One

November 16, 2013
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Operators:

John J. Gabel, 62
700 block of Seitz Road
Lewisberry, PA 17339

Vincentina C. Taylor, 73
300 block of Siddonsburg Road
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

Richard A. Creamer, 66
1st block of Andersontown Road
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

On 11/15/2013 Upper Allen Police responded to a crash on South Market Street at US Route 15. Gabel was traveling south on South Market Street and failed to see that traffic was stopped for a red traffic signal at the South Market Street and US Route 15 North ramps. Gabel struck the rear of a vehicle driven by Taylor who was stopped in the travel lane. The collision pushed Taylor’s vehicle into the rear of a vehicle driven by Creamer, which was also stopped. The impact also caused Taylor’s car to accelerate into Creamer’s vehicle then off the right shoulder and into a bridge pier. Taylor suffered an injury and was transported from the scene by Lower Allen EMS. Gabel and Creamer were uninjured.