Afternoon Crash On Route 15 Sends One Person To Hospital

December 15, 2009
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Involved:
Robert Rice, 72
1st Block Andes Drive
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

Joanita Rice, 71
1st Block Andes Drive
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

Adam McMullen, 23
200 Block Maple Hill Drive
Woodbridge, NJ 07095

On Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at approximately 12:36 PM, the Upper Allen Police Department was called to the scene of an auto accident on US Route 15 North in the area of the PA Turnpike entrance ramp. A 2001 Pontiac Sunfire, operated by McMullen struck a 2001 Ford Taurus, operated by Rice. The collision caused both vehicles to leave the roadway, coming to rest in a drainage field on the right side of the highway. McMullen was transported by West Shore EMS to Harrisburg Hospital for evaluation of an unknown back injury. No other injuries were reported. McMullen’s vehicle was towed from the scene by Hess’s Garage.

The Upper Allen Police were assisted at the scene of the crash by the Upper Allen Fire Department, West Shore EMS, Lower Allen Fire and EMS and the Upper Allen Fire Police.