Pedestrians

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- A 62-year-old Jefferson County man was flown Friday morning to Winchester (Va.) Medical Center after he was struck by a car while pushing a snow blower along Cloverdale Road, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department. Lowell V. Barnard, who lives in the Cloverdale Heights subdivision, underwent surgery at the hospital, but Deputy A.S. Hockman said he did not have any information on his condition. The accident, which was reported at 7:32 a.m., occured just east of Heath Drive, police said.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. -- Workers are putting the finishing touches on brick sidewalks in the first phase of a $525,000 Main Street revitalization project. Crews for the phase between Potomac Street and the alley next to Susquehanna Bank put sand between new bricks and sprayed them, Borough Engineer Kevin Grubbs said. Parking meters will be re-installed soon, he said. "That'll be open for parking before the weekend," Grubbs said. The borough council authorized GRC General Contractor Inc., of Waynesboro, in mid-July to start replacing concrete sidewalks with brick on Main Street from Walnut Street to Cleveland Avenue.

HAGERSTOWN -- A 35-year-old woman was taken to Washington County Hospital Monday morning after she fell because of a plastic clean-out device that was missing from a drain along West Antietam Street, according to a 911 dispatcher. The woman's injuries were not life-threatening after she fell near the drain pipe at 37 W. Antietam St., the dispatcher said. The accident occurred about 10:18 a.m., the dispatcher said. City Engineer Rodney Tissue said Monday afternoon that he was not aware of the open pipe.

EMMITSBURG, Md. -- An Emmitsburg man was charged this month in an April 28 crash that resulted in the death of Mount St. Mary's University senior Elizabeth DiNunzio, the Frederick County Sheriff's Department said. Joshua Wayne Cool, 29, who was driving a pickup truck that struck DiNunzio while she was running on Old Emmitsburg Road, was charged with negligent driving, failure to exercise due care to avoid a pedestrian collision, and knowingly driving an uninsured vehicle, Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Cpl. Jennifer Bailey said in a news release.

FREDERICK, Md. -- A Libertytown, Md., man was taken to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma in Baltimore Friday night after he was struck by a car on Md. 26 near the Libertytown Post Office, according to a press release from Maryland State Police in Frederick. Stephen Hoover, 49, was listed in serious condition as of Friday at 10 p.m., troopers said. Hoover was walking across Md. 26 about 6:30 p.m. when he was struck, troopers said. Hoover was wearing dark clothing at the time of the accident, troopers said.

SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A 22-year-old pedestrian was struck and injured by one of two vehicles involved in an accident Monday morning on Orrstown Road (Pa. 533), according to a Pennsylvania State Police news release. Kristopher A. Milburn of High Street, Shippensburg, was flown by Lifeline helicopter to Hershey Medical Center for treatment of what police described as moderate injuries, the release said. According to police, Donna F. Johnson, 49, of East Burd Street, Shippensburg, was driving a 1997 Ford Explorer eastbound on Pa. 533 at about 7:08 a.m. when she slowed to make a left turn.

WAYNESBORO, PA. - Fritzi Schreffler and Joe Burns took their lives in their hands Friday, crossing and recrossing Main Street for about three hours while motorists either did or did not stop as they entered the crosswalks. Schreffler and Burns were no ordinary strollers, but undercover pedestrians working with the Waynesboro Police Department to raise awareness that drivers must stop when a person enters a crosswalk. Sixteen motorists who failed that test got written warnings, but it will be different next time.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. -- Fritzi Schreffler and Joe Burns took their lives in their hands Friday, crossing and recrossing Main Street for about three hours while motorists either did or did not stop as they entered the crosswalks. Schreffler and Burns were no ordinary strollers, but undercover pedestrians working with the Waynesboro Police Department to raise awareness that drivers must stop when a person enters a crosswalk. Sixteen motorists who failed that test got written warnings, but it will be different next time.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Waynesboro police on Tuesday released preliminary information about a pedestrian accident that occurred on North Grant Street at 4:45 p.m. Monday. A female pedestrian told police she saw the Mercedes coming toward her but thought she could make it across the street near 228 N. Grant St., Police Chief Mark King said. The pedestrian, who was not in a crosswalk when she was struck by the car, was taken to Waynesboro Hospital for a minor head injury, King said.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Construction contracts for reconfiguring Center Square in Waynesboro have yet to be awarded. The two bids opened Aug. 28 came in at $2.8 million and $3.2 million, about a million dollars more than estimated. But Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials say the delay in awarding bids is not atypical, as they must be reviewed to ensure all components of the project are addressed. The corners of sidewalks at Center Square will be "bumped out" so they extend farther into the intersection.