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Saturday, August 29, 1998     Page: 6A

WILKES-BARRE- Two Wilkes-Barre residents were injured in a two-vehicle
collision on East Northampton and South Meade streets Friday afternoon, police
said.
   
Harold Ehret Jr., 62, of South Regent Street, was admitted to Mercy
Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, and his condition was not available Friday night.
Emily Benkoski, 50, of High Street, was treated and released at Mercy
Hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said.
    Police said Benkoski’s vehicle was on South Meade Street, approaching East
Northampton Street, when she ran a stop sign and was hit by Ehret’s vehicle on
East Northampton Street.
   
Ehret’s vehicle landed on the lawn of the First Presbyterian Church, and
Benkoski had to be extricated from her vehicle, police said.
   
Benkoski’s two passengers were not injured. Both vehicles were towed from
the scene and Benkoski will be cited with running a stop sign, police said.
   
All parties involved were wearing seat belts, police said.
   
Avoca man hospitalized after dive into reservoir
   
SCRANTON- An Avoca man was injured while diving into a private reservoir
near Montage Mountain Friday morning, a rescue official said.
   
John Shimley, 21, was taken to Community Medical Center in Scranton and was
listed as stable in the hospital’s trauma unit, a hospital spokeswoman said.
   
The reservoir, known as Reservoir 5, is owned by Pennsylvania American
Water Co., said Assistant Scr