Skateboarder hurt after hitting van
A 16-year-old skateboarder was injured Saturday night when he went off a curb at South Locust and Elm streets and ran into the side of a passing van, the Hagerstown Police Department said.
The 8:21 p.m. accident sent the boy to Washington County Hospital with what were described as nonlife-threatening injuries, police said.
The driver of the van wasn't at fault, police said.
Trucker uses escape ramp after brakes fail
McCONNELLSBURG, Pa. -- A truck driver whose brakes failed Thursday afternoon on a steep grade of eastbound U.S. 30 was uninjured after he maneuvered his rig onto a runaway truck ramp, according to a Pennsylvania State Police press release.
Juan Trevino, 42, of Mercedes, Texas, was wearing his seat belt, police said. His Freightliner truck was damaged.
A juvenile passenger in the truck was treated at Fulton County Medical Center for minor injuries he sustained in the 1:41 p.m. incident, police said.