Pennsylvania State Police in Marienville already arrested someone today for DUI.
According to the police, at 12:40 AM this morning, an officer saw a vehicle traveling south on State Route 66 and pull off to the side of the road in Jenks Township of Forest County.
The trooper reports the driver was arrested for suspicion of driving under a controlled substance and no other information was in the police report.
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This is the time of year to be alert for deer anywhere near a road.
According to PennDOT”s D-10, last year in Jefferson County there were 62 deer-related crashes and that’s what happened to 42 year old Todd Kopenhaver of Reynoldsville yesterday in Washington Township.
The police say Kopenhaver was traveling on I-80 West around 11 in the morning when he collided with a deer near mile marker 95, between the DuBois Air Port Exit and the DuBois Brockway Exit.
No injuries were report but his SUV had to be towed from the site.
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The Pennsylvania State Police are reminding state residents about the safe disposal of unwanted or no longer needed prescription drugs.
As part of the state’s effort to combat the opioid epidemic, the Pennsylvania State Police have drug take-back boxes located in the lobbies of 65 of their stations across the commonwealth. Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson Ryan Tarkowski says disposal of unwanted or no longer needed prescriptions in these boxes can get them out of a home and prevent them from being misused or abused.
For a list of the drug take-back box locations go to psp-dot-pa-dot-gov.
Nearly 1,100 pounds of prescription drugs were disposed of in the boxes during the third quarter of the year. In Jefferson County go to the Pennsylvania State Police in Punxsutawney. In Clearfield County the take-back box is in Clearfield, and in Indiana County go to the Pennsylvania State Police station in Indiana to drop off your unwanted prescription drugs.
