New Castle News
March 25, 2009 07:40 am
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An Enon Valley man allegedly forced three vehicles, including a school bus, off the road before striking a fourth.
The incident ended, state police said, when David Singleton, 39, of 123 Vogel Lane collided with a utility pole.
Singleton was arraigned Friday by District Judge Jennifer L. Nicholson on charges of careless driving, exceeding the speed limit, failure to stop at a stop sign, disregarding traffic lanes, failure to keep right, operating a vehicle without the required financial responsibility, accident involving damage to an attended vehicle and driving under the influence.
He was placed in the Lawrence County jail on $2,500 bond. However, a jail spokesman said this morning that he is no longer there.
According to state police, Singleton was westbound about 2:50 p.m. Friday on Route 108 in North Beaver Township when he forced a school bus and two other vehicles off the road. Singleton, driving a 1999 Dodge Dakota pick-up truck, then went through the stop sign at the intersection of Route 317, police said, and struck a 1991 Oldsmobile driven by Zachary Nonnemacher, 18, of 103 Andrews Trace.
Neither Nonnemacher or a passenger in his car, 17-year-old Andrew Merriman of 5022 Matthews Road, Edinburg, were injured, police said.
Singleton did not stop after striking Nonnemacher�s car, according to police, but continued onto Route 551, where he eventually lost control and veered off the left side of the road, striking and shearing off a utility pole.
A state trooper, who been alerted by the school bus driver, was at the scene less than a minute after Singleton�s crash and took him into custody.
Police did not say to what school district the bus belonged. The incident appears to have taken place within the Mohawk Area School District, but an official there said this morning that it was not a Mohawk bus.
Police reported no injuries to Singleton, or to a passenger in his truck, 23-year-old Charlene Janke of Enon Valley.
A preliminary hearing for Singleton is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Thursday before Nicholson.
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