Driver injures mother and child in car accident, now faces drunken-driving charges

A woman and her 4-year-old son suffered unspecified injuries when the car they were in about 10 p.m. Oct. 11 was rear-ended on Penn Avenue at the intersection of Sixth Avenue in West Reading. The driver of the car that struck the woman then drove away but a witness to the crash called police. Borough officers tracked the driver down to a home in the 600 block of Fourth Street in Reading, where he was taken into custody for a blood test at the DUI center. When the results came back (his blood-alcohol content was 0.23,  nearly three times the legal threshold of 0.08 for drunken driving) police arrested him.

The suspect, a 48-year-old Reading man, was arrested Oct. 16 and charged with two counts of drunken driving and one count each of causing an accident involving injury, following too closely causing an accident involving property damage and driving without a license. He was jailed in lieu of $25,000 bail.

He has been arrested two previous times this year, according to court records, both on suspicion of drunken driving: once in February in West Reading and once in May in Wyomissing, according to court records, which also indicate he had not yet gone to trial on those charges.

Woman injured in fight with ex-boyfriend’s mother

A fight between a woman and her ex-boyfriend’s mother turned physical in the afternoon of Sept. 18 in the first block of Trebor Place in Wyomissing. The woman suffered a scratch and bruise on her arm in the scuffle. No word on what started the fight.

Man injured in car accident on West Shore Bypass

A man driving west shortly before 8 p.m. July 22 on Route 422 was traveling in the left-hand lane and tried to move over. At the last second he realized another vehicle was in his way in the right lane. He slammed on the brakes and the driver behind him wasn’t able to stop in time. The second car slammed into the car in front, causing severe damage to both vehicles. The driver of the second car suffered unspecified injuries and was taken to Reading Hospital.

Two injured in car accident in Wyomissing

Two vehicles collided about 7:54 a.m. July 18 in the 1200 block of Penn Avenue in Wyomissing. Two people suffered unspecified injuries and both vehicles sustained severe damage and had to be towed.

Car accident in Wyomissing injures 1

A car turned left in front of another vehicle shortly after 4 p.m. June 20 at the intersection of Penn Avenue and Reading Boulevard in Wyomissing. Both vehicles had to be towed and one person suffered unspecified injuries.

Police arrest driver accused of causing four-car accident in Wyomissing

A vehicle heading south shortly before 9 p.m. June 18 on State Hill Road in Wyomissing plowed into a row of cars stopped for a red light at the intersection of Penn Avenue. The vehicle slammed into a second vehicle, which then sideswiped a third one and struck the back of a fourth var. Two people were hurt in the crash that also required three vehicles to be towed.

Wyomissing police arrested the driver of the first car on suspicion of drunken driving and took the driver to St. Joseph’s Hospital for a blood-alcohol test.

Motorcyclist injured in accident on Warren Street Bypass

A motorcyclist suffered injuries in a crash at 10:31 a.m. June 14 on an on-ramp to the Warren Street Bypass in Wyomissing. A truck stopped for another vehicle that suddenly changed lanes and the motorcyclist struck the rear of the truck. The motorcycle had to be towed from the crash.

Driver injured after accident

Wyomissing police received a report of a car crash at 8:27 a.m. June 10 at the intersection of Wyomissing Boulevard and Dauphin Avenue. The driver had lost consciousness and the vehicle kept going, into a tree. The driver suffered unspecified injuries and the car had to be towed.

Crash in Wyomissing injures two people

A driver rear-ended another car in the afternoon of June 5 at the intersection of Berkshire Boulevard and Ridgewood Road in Wyomissing. Both cars had to be towed and two people suffered minor injuries.

West Reading officer injured - Update

Just after 8 p.m. June 4 a police officer suffered minor injuries in an incident related to an assault near the corner of Penn and North Sixth avenues in West Reading. Police did not provide additional information as of this morning.

*UPDATE* The Reading Eagle has better details on its Web site. According to the story police stopped a woman at the intersection and she drove away while an officer was still holding on to the door handle, causing him to fall.

The chase ended after she crashed her car. Here's what it looked like afterward: