Police Log Dec. 30: Accidents, DUI, pedestrian struck

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PSP Logo 2• Police said a driver who fell asleep at the wheel of his vehicle struck a house on Tally Ho Drive in Chadds Ford Township. A passenger in the vehicle was transported to Crozer Medical Center with moderate injuries. According to the report, John S. Wilbank, 68, of Boothwyn, was driving on Tally Ho at 7:03 a.m. on Dec. 3 when he fell asleep while traveling at 35 m.p.h. The Dodge Dakota ran off the road for about 10 yards before hitting the house. The vehicle came to rest partly inside the living room. (See photo.)

• DUI charges were pending against a 25-year-old Baltimore man. A police report said Justin Raleigh Davis was stopped for erratic driving at the intersection of Routes 926 and 52 in Pennsbury Township at midnight on Dec. 21. According to the report, troopers detected the odor of marijuana in the vehicle. Davis was taken to Jennersville Hospital for a blood test. Charges were to be filed in district court.

• Balaji P. Ramadas, 36, of Newark, was cited for failing to use headlights following a Dec. 22 accident on Route 202 near Marshall Road in Chadds Ford Township, according to police. A report said a collision with a second vehicle happened because the other driver couldn’t see Ramadas approach. There were no injuries reported. The accident happened at 7:46 p.m.

• A 3-year-old girl from Aston was injured when the car in which she was riding was struck by another vehicle that failed to stop at a stop sign. The offending driver was identified as Stephen J. Day, 57, of Ridley Park. According to the police report, Day ran through a stop sign at Concord and Mattson Roads. The injured girl, her sister and mother were taken to Dupont Medical center for evaluation.

• One person was injured in a three-vehicle accident on Route 202 south of Springhill Farm Drive on Dec. 23. According to a police report, Peter J. Weaver, 40, of Glen Mills, failed to stop in time and struck another vehicle that was stopped at the traffic light. The second car then hit a third.

• Three people, two drivers and one passenger, were injured in a two-car crash on Conchester Road at Evergreen Road at 6:55 p.m. on Dec. 14. One of the drivers, Michael A. Melton, 59, of Glen Mills, was cited for making a left hand turn without first ascertaining the right of way, according to a police report. All three victims were taken to Riddle Memorial Hospital for evaluation.

• Police cited a 69-year-old driver for failing to notify police immediately after an accident. A police report from Troop J, Avondale barracks, said Barbara A. Hyatt, reportedly of Chadds Ford, was driving north on Cedarwood Lane, south of Burrows Run Road in Kennett Township, when the 2009 Volvo she was driving left the load and struck a brick and concrete mailbox. The property owner drove Hyatt home, the report said. The accident happened at 2:50 p.m. on Dec. 20.

• Mary L. Romagano, 89, of Chadds Ford, was cited for careless driving following a Nov. 16 accident in which, police said, she struck a pedestrian who was jogging on Painter’s Crossing Road. According to police, the windshield of Romagano’s vehicle was fogged over and, as she was trying to clear the glass while the vehicle was moving, she hit the pedestrian with the passenger side mirror. EMS personnel treated the victim for minor injuries on the scene. There was no EMS transport.

• Police said Mark. F. McCormick, 50, of Atglen, was driving too fast when he tried to avoid hitting a vehicle in front of him on Route 322, but his vehicle swerved out of the traffic lane, then back in, and hit another vehicle. The driver of the second vehicle was reportedly injured, but the severity was unknown. The accident happened on Dec. 23 at 1:28 p.m.

• A 24-year-old from Aston was taken in to custody after a traffic stop revealed him to be driving under the influence of alcohol and a controlled substance. Police said Patrick John O’Connor was also in possession of the unnamed controlled substance when the stop was made at Station and Concord Roads on Dec. 26 at 1:44 a.m.

• State police from the Embreeville barracks are investigating the theft of change from a residence in the 5400 block of Northbrook Road in Newlin Township. The police report said the theft occurred sometime between 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 9 and 9:23 a.m. on Nov. 16.

• State police from the Avondale barracks are continuing to investigate an alleged incident of reckless endangerment that occurred in East Marlborough Township on Nov. 1 between 7 and 7:58 p.m. Police reported that a 28-year-old male from West Grove was traveling southbound in the 1400 block of Embreeville Road when he came upon some large pumpkins in the roadway. Unable to stop in time, he struck one. He noticed two people standing on the porch of a nearby residence and attempted to make contact with them, but they ran inside, police said. The next morning, police said they contacted the pair – a 52-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman – interaction that “yielded an alibi that was verified to be untruthful.” Police said the investigation is continuing; no other information was available.

• Police are looking for a man suspected of robbing the East Marlborough Township Walmart at 7:05 p.m. on Dec. 9. The suspect, described in a police report as a white Hispanic man in his 20s or 30s and wearing a black vest and tan pants, is being sought for allegedly stealing two video games. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 610-268-2022.

• An unidentified man was charged with retail theft for stealing clothes from the Walmart in East Marlborough Township on Dec. 6.

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