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Woman cited in police car crash

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From Mirror staff reports

HOLLIDAYSBURG -- A Portage woman was cited in a vehicle crash at Franks­town Road and Park Avenue near Lake­mont.

Lydia J. Kachur, 61, Por­tage, was driving west on Frankstown Road about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday when her vehicle ran into the side of a Ford Taurus In­terceptor police vehicle driven by William B. Sneath, 30, Hollidaysburg, state police at Holli­days­burg reported Saturday.

Sneath, heading north on Park Avenue, was using emergency lights and a siren within the intersection to get drivers to yield the right of way, state police said.

Kachur, who entered the intersection without yielding, was cited with failing to comply with the duty of a driver on approach of an emergency vehicle.

State police said no one was in­jured in the accident, but both vehicles had to be towed.

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