Schuylkill driver treated after Carbon crash

A Schuylkill County driver was involved in a rear-end crash in Carbon County.

State police at Hazleton said the crash occurred at 4:17 p.m. on Sept. 10 along Route 309 at the intersection with Church Street in Banks Township.

Troopers said Tyler M. Tuggle, 20, of Hazle Township, and Mariana Mocofan, 61, of McAdoo, were both northbound on 309 and approaching the intersection with Church Street when the front of Tuggle's 1997 Chevrolet Blazer hit the rear of Mocofan's 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee.

Mocofan was injured and taken to the Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton Campus by McAdoo ambulance. Tuggle was not injured.

Troopers cited Tuggle for following too closely.