A York County woman was drunk and driving in the wrong direction during a three-vehicle crash last month on Route 283 in East Hempfield Township that injured a Pennsylvania state trooper and an Allentown man, according to state police.
Cpl. Ryan E. DeHaven, 28, and Joniel Toribio, 30, were taken to Lancaster General Hospital with suspected serious injuries following the Feb. 21 crash that killed 48-year-old Heather C. Bare, state police said late Tuesday night.
The police report said Bare’s blood alcohol content was at least 0.16%. The legal limit in Pennsylvania is .08%. She was not charged with DUI. Â
Toribio was a passenger in the unmarked police SUV — a 2024 Chevrolet Tahoe — that DeHaven was driving.
DeHaven, of Lancaster’s Troop J in East Lampeter Township, enlisted in the state police in 2019 and was promoted to the rank of corporal in January.
LGH and state police did not respond to a request for information about the men’s conditions Wednesday morning. State police also did not say if the crash investigation remained active.
The crash happened around 10:30 p.m. on Route 283 east near Landisville, state police said. Bare’s 2026 Mercedes-Benz C-Class was traveling west in the eastbound lane and struck a Life Lion EMS ambulance before hitting the Tahoe head-on.
DeHaven, Toribio, and Bare were trapped in their vehicles before being rescued and taken to LGH, where Bare died, according to state police. The EMS workers in the 2014 Ford E-350 ambulance were not injured and remained at the scene to render aid to DeHaven, Toribio, and Bare.
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