SALEM TWP., WAYNE CO. (WOLF)_ \u2014 A Lake Ariel man was killed and two people from Scranton were injured in a head-on crash late Thursday night in Wayne County, according to Pennsylvania State Police.<\/p>\n
The crash happened around 11:41 p.m. Aug. 14 on Hamlin Highway, Route 590, about 79 feet east of Goose Pond Road in Salem Township.<\/p>\n
State police said a 2010 Subaru Impreza driven by Keith R. Havenstrite Jr., 36, of Lake Ariel, was traveling east in the westbound lane of Hamlin Highway.<\/p>\n
At the same time, a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling west in the westbound lane.<\/p>\n
According to the crash report, the Subaru struck the Jeep head-on around the 12 o’clock position, causing disabling damage to both vehicles.<\/p>\n
Police said Havenstrite was not wearing a seat belt and suffered fatal injuries.<\/p>\n
Wayne County Coroner Edward Howell responded to the scene and pronounced Havenstrite dead.<\/p>\n
The Jeep was driven by Kevin J. Martinell, 51, of Scranton, who suffered a suspected minor injury, according to state police.<\/p>\n
His passenger, Janet R. Roberts, 79, of Scranton, suffered a suspected serious injury.<\/p>\n
Police said Martinell and Roberts were both wearing seat belts. They were taken by Hamlin Fire and Rescue Company to Geisinger Community Medical Center for treatment.<\/p>\n
The crash report lists Havenstrite’s vehicle with a primary violation of driving on the right side of the roadway. No charges are listed in the report.<\/p>\n
Hamlin Highway was closed for approximately two hours following the crash.<\/p>\n
The Ledgedale Volunteer Fire Department, Lake Ariel Volunteer Fire Company, Hamlin Fire and Rescue Company, Hamlin Ambulance and Pennsylvania Ambulance assisted at the scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SALEM TWP., WAYNE CO. (WOLF)_ \u2014 A Lake Ariel man was killed and two people from Scranton were…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-265875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}