A woman detained by Nanticoke City police following a pursuit that ended in a crash in Wilkes-Barre was taken to an area hospital late Thursday morning. Ed Lewis | Times Leader
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WILKES-BARRE — A pursuit that began in Nanticoke City ended in a two vehicle crash at South Main and Blackman streets, Wilkes-Barre, late Thursday morning.
Police in Nanticoke along with the Pennsylvania State Police at Wilkes-Barre were pursuing the driver of a small U-Haul box truck. The pursuit traveled on South Main Street through Hanover Township and into Wilkes-Barre where the driver of the box truck struck a Dodge Durango at South Main and Blackman streets just after 11 a.m.
A woman from the box truck was detained and placed in a Nanticoke police cruiser. She was later transferred to a stretcher and taken to an area hospital.
The U-Haul truck and Dodge were towed from the scene.
It was not immediately known if there were additional injuries.
Police noted more information will be released at a later time.