Police search for
hit-and-run driver
FRIEDENSBURG - State police at Schuylkill Haven are looking for the hit-and-run driver who struck a Schuylkill Haven man Friday near the Blue Ridge Hotel, police said Saturday.
At 9:58 p.m. Friday, Lonnie Fergusoen, 47, of Schuylkill Haven, exited the hotel at 1270 S. Route 183. While standing along the west berm and looking south, he saw headlights of a vehicle headed north on Route 183, police said.
Feeling that he would be able to make it across Route 183, Fergusoen ran across and was hit by the northbound vehicle and the vehicle continued north without stopping, police said.
Fergusoen was transported by Pottsville/Schuylkill Haven EMS to Reading Hospital, police said.
Anyone having information is asked to call state police at 570-739-1330.