Man flown after tractor-trailer rollover crash

TREMONT TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WHTM) — A New Jersey man was flown to the hospital after a tractor-trailer rollover closed a link between Lebanon and Schuylkill Counties Friday.

State Police at Schuylkill Haven said the crash happened around 9:40 a.m. on Gold Mine Road in Tremont Township.

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The winding rural road is a key link between Tower City and the Fort Indiantown Gap area.

Troopers said Rene Fernandez Rivera, 46, of New Brunswick, was headed north on Gold Mine Road in a tractor-trailer. They said he was driving at a high rate of speed and rolled the truck in a left-hand corner.

The truck slid off the roadway, striking a utility pole and a tree.

Firefighters from Wiconisco, Muir, Orwin, and Sheridan responded and rescued the man, who was then flown to Hershey.

Troopers said he will be cited for careless driving.

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