North County Yamaha

Police blotter 7/31

Two people were injured when their motorcycle crashed while trying to avoid a collision on Interstate 81 in East Hanover Township late Saturday morning.

The driver, Gordon Aitken, 52, of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, was transported by First Aid and Safety Patrol to Hershey Medical Center, where he was in stable condition, a center spokeswoman said. A passenger, a 15-year-old boy from Scotland, was also transported to HMC but his name was not released by state police and his condition was not available. Police said he had moderate injuries.

Aitken's Yamaha 1300cc cycle was traveling south when an unknown vehicle moved from the right lane to the left lane and cut off the motorcycle, forcing it to overturn in the left lane at 11:33 a.m., police said.

The motorcycle was towed.

Ono Fire Co. and fire police assisted.

Richland

CRASH: Neptune Fire Co., Newmanstown ambulance and fire police responded to a crash in the area of 213 E. Main St. at 9:54 p.m. Friday.

Cleona

INVESTIGATION: Cleona, Annville Union Hose, Neversink and Palmyra Citizen's fire companies, fire police and Central Medical Transport responded for an investigation inside 404 E. Chestnut St. at 11:42 p.m. Friday.

Berks County

CRASH: First Aid and Safety Patrol responded to a crash involving a motorcycle near 791 Frystown Road, Bethel Township, at 1:03 a.m. Saturday. No details were available.

Bethel

LANDING ZONE: Fredericksburg Fire Co. set up a landing zone for a helicopter at Frystown and Mount Zion roads at 1:11 a.m. Saturday.

West Cornwall

TREE ON WIRES: Mount Gretna Fire Co. responded to a tree on wires at 334 Old Mine Road at 3:03 a.m. Saturday.

Palmyra

FIRE ALARM: Citizen's and Campbelltown fire companies responded to an automatic fire alarm at First United Methodist Church, 520 E. Birch St., at 5:07 a.m. Saturday.

Jackson

CRASH: Myerstown's Keystone and Goodwill fire companies, fire police, Myerstown ambulance and First Aid and Safety Patrol responded to a crash involving a motorcycle at Route 422 and North Locust Street at 11:18 a.m. Saturday. No details were available.

Motocross Press: Star Racing Washougal Race Report

Washougal, WA. - The AMA MX National Series rolled into the beautiful state of Washington to attend round eight at Washougal MX Park. DNA Shred Stix/Star Racing/Yamaha comprised of #25 Ryan Sipes, #35 Kyle Cunningham, #387 Gareth Swanepoel, #533 Gannon Audette, and , #76 Kyle Partridge came in with hopes of keeping their status of fixtures up front intact. Things proved to be tough, but our day at Washougal did end up having some bright moments that occurred sporadically. Taking top honors on this weekend would go to Cunningham, who continues to bring his total package together and match it up with the raw speed he holds. After a strong 7th place start in moto one, the likeable rider pulled himself up through the field. The task was accomplished, and he successfully piloted the #35 YZ 250F up to 3rd place by the races end. Moto two was a much more trying showing, sitting 18th on lap one, Cunningham battled for every position through the races entirety. By doing so, he took a hold of 7th and made it his own with four laps until the finish due to his determination and closed this round out positively. Bringing another positive to a tough day was Swanepoel, grabbing an 8th place start in moto one, #387 put the hammer down. After moving up one spot very quickly, Swanepoel kept the fight going. With less than four laps to go, he battled relentlessly to maintain his position. In the end Swanepoel fought off all attacks, seeing him go on to a finish score of 7th. Gareth’s moto two began well with him sitting 4th momentarily. The talented South African climbed to 3rd on lap four, riding hard and holding his position all the way until three laps to go. When the checkers were thrown, Swanepoel had slipped back into 4th, and his consistency was a building block. Having just plain horrible luck throughout the outdoor series and still on that path is Sipes, after riding up into 1st in moto one following a great start. Things unraveled mid moto when his strength frustratingly fell off, struggling to continue on Sipes finished out 15th. Prior to moto two beginning, it was decided Ryan would sit out and look into tests to determine his issues of unexplainable fatigue. More updates will follow when available.

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