Two people were seriously injured on Saturday night when a northbound car crossed into the oncoming lane on Route 93 in Nescopeck Township and struck another car head-on, Pennsylvania State Police said. The driver of the northbound car was not injured and is being charged with improperly overtaking on the left, troopers said.

Source: 28/22 News (WBRE/WYOU) — reporting a Pennsylvania State Police release, Nov. 8, 2026

The collision happened at 8:53 p.m. on Saturday, November 7, on Route 93 — the Berwick-Hazleton Highway — in Nescopeck Township, Luzerne County, according to the state police release. Troopers say the northbound car crossed into the southbound lane and hit the oncoming car head-on.

Source: Pennsylvania State Police release, via 28/22 News

Who was hurt

The two people taken to hospital were the passenger in the northbound car and the driver of the southbound car, state police said. Both sustained serious injuries and were taken to a Geisinger hospital for treatment. The driver of the northbound car was not injured in the collision. State police have not released the names, ages or home towns of anyone involved, and they have not said what type of vehicles were involved.

How the crash happened, on the state police account

On the troopers' account, this was a passing manoeuvre that ended in the wrong lane: the northbound car was overtaking on the left when it crossed into the southbound lane and met the oncoming car head-on. Pennsylvania's Vehicle Code allows overtaking on the left only where the left side is clearly visible and free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance, and requires the overtaking driver to return to the right lane as soon as practicable — the charge announced by troopers, improperly overtaking on the left, is the violation written for a pass that breaches those rules. Whether speed, alcohol or any other factor played a role has not been stated by state police, and no finding on those questions has been released.

Head-on collisions on undivided two-lane highways are among the most severe crash types because the closing speed of the two vehicles adds together at impact. Route 93 through Nescopeck Township is an undivided two-lane road for much of its run, climbing over Nescopeck Mountain west of the township after passing the Interstate 80 interchange.

Source: Pennsylvania Route 93 — route reference

The road: a 41-mile link between Hazleton and Berwick

Pennsylvania Route 93 runs about 41 miles from U.S. Route 209 at Nesquehoning, in Carbon County, through Hazleton and past interchanges with Interstate 81 and Interstate 80, then through Nescopeck before crossing the Susquehanna River into Berwick and ending at Orangeville. The stretch between West Hazleton and the I-80 interchange is known as the Berwick-Hazleton Highway. West of the I-80 interchange the road narrows back to two lanes and ascends forested Nescopeck Mountain — the section of the corridor where Saturday night's crash happened.

Source: Pennsylvania Route 93 — route reference

Treatment at Geisinger

Both injured people were taken to a Geisinger hospital, state police said; the release did not specify which facility. The Geisinger system operates hospitals across northeastern and central Pennsylvania, including Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre and its main Geisinger Medical Center campus in Danville, the region's best-known centre for major-trauma care. No update on either person's condition had been released by Sunday evening.

What happens next

The state police investigation into the crash is continuing, and the improper-overtaking charge will proceed through the local magisterial district court in Luzerne County, where the driver will have the opportunity to plead and to contest the allegation. Troopers have not announced any additional charges; whether the completed investigation changes that picture will depend on the reconstruction findings and any medical evidence about the two injured people's conditions. Drivers using Route 93 between the I-80 interchange and Nescopeck should expect the normal two-lane pattern — no closure from Saturday night's crash was still in effect on Sunday.