Police Log April 7: Stolen smokes, sneeze causes crash

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on April 7, 2021

Pennsylvania State Police

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Someone stole four cartons of Newport cigarettes from the Wawa on Route 202 in Chadds Ford Township on March 25. Police said the estimated value of those four cartons is $354.

Avondale Barracks

• Police said Catherine R. O’Brien, 22, of New London, was cited for her part in a two-vehicle crash in which a 17-year-old from Kennett Square was injured. The accident happened on March 30 in Pennsbury Township. According to the police report, O’Brien failed to yield the right of way at a green light by making a left-hand turn from westbound E. Street Road onto southbound Lenape Road and turned into the path of the oncoming vehicle. The 17-year-old had to be extracted from his El Camino and was then transported to AI Dupont Hospital.

• Ernest R. Varialli, 59, of Berwyn, was cited following a two-car crash at Unionville and Locust Grove roads in Pocopson Township on March 29, according to a police report. Police said Varialli was driving south on Locust Grove Road, stopped at the stop sign but then proceeded into the intersection colliding with the driver — a 17-year-old from West Chester who heading west on Unionville Road and who did not have a stop sign.

• Police said a driver told them a sneeze caused him to run off the road and hit a utility pole. The accident happened on Unionville Road in East Marlborough Township on April 1.