A fourth victim of Tuesday morning's brick-throwing incidents on Route 222 has come forward, while Manheim Township police make extra patrols in the area.

Truck driver Lester Harshberger of Davidsville, Somerset County, told township police his vehicle was struck by the brick-throwing vandal or vandals during Tuesday's predawn hours.

Harshberger was northbound on Route 222, heading under Bushong Road, about 4:10 when his tractor-trailer was struck.

It resulted in $1,300 in windshield and body damage to the tractor-trailer, Manheim Township police said.

Meanwhile, township police have been busy patrolling in the area. The incidents remain under investigation, and there were no suspects as of early today.

The section of Route 222 is in the northeastern part of the township, just south of Brownstown.

Township police "have been getting calls on our tip line, and getting leads, but we'd like to get even more," township police spokesman Sgt. Tom Rudzinski said this morning.

"We want to encourage people to call" if they saw or heard anything, he said.

The Manheim Township Anonymous Crime Tip Line can be reached at (717) 569-2816.

There were similar incidents on the same bridge back in August, Sgt. Rudzinski said.

Tuesday's brick-throwing vandal or vandals caused thousands of dollars in damage, and police said motorists' lives also were put at risk.

Two other northbound motorists, John Angle of Denver and David Bowermaster of Lancaster, told police their vehicles were struck, with each sustaining some $2,000 in damage.

A third motorist, tractor-trailer driver Michael Bollinger of Kutztown, was driving southbound when his vehicle was hit, causing $600 in windshield damage, police said.


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