State Police are looking for the driver of a white BMW sedan who they say sideswiped another car on Interstate 81 in Delano Township on Sunday evening and kept going, sending the other car off an exit ramp and into trees.
The crash happened around 5:30 p.m. in the southbound lanes near mile marker 134, according to State Police-Frackville.
Police say a 19-year-old Shenandoah man was driving a 2009 Subaru Impreza south in the right lane when the BMW, traveling behind him in the left lane, tried to pass. The BMW didn’t stay in its lane, and its right side struck the left side of the Subaru.
The BMW continued south on I-81 and left the scene, police say.
The Subaru’s driver lost control. The car went onto the Exit 134 off-ramp, left the west shoulder of the ramp and struck several trees with its front end. It came to rest in a wooded area west of the ramp, facing west, with disabling damage.
The driver, who was wearing a seat belt, suffered a suspected minor injury. He refused treatment and transport to a nearby hospital from Ryan Township Emergency and Rescue Squad.
A driver who was not involved in the crash saw it happen and described the vehicle that left as a white BMW sedan.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Frackville barracks at 570-874-5300.
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