Driver Veers Off Road Into Little Lehigh Creek
Area man hurt when his car veers off Willow Lane and partially into creek, police say.
A Breinigsville-area man found himself in cold water on New Year's Day after his car went off a Lower Macungie Township road, struck a tree and partially submerged in a creek, police said.
Samuel Correll, 61, was moderately hurt and taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest by Macungie EMS, according to state police at Fogelsville.
Correll's vehicle was southbound on Willow Lane at 7:05 a.m. near John Fries Drive and was traveling too fast for conditions when he failed to negotiate a curve, police said. Correll's car hit a tree, continued into a ditch and landed partially in the Little Lehigh Creek.
Macungie EMS was assisted by Lower Macungie Fire Department.
Correll was cited for traveling too fast for conditions, police said.
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Lehigh Valley Hospital
Cedar Crest Boulevard and I-78, Allentown, PA -
Macungie Ambulance Corps
5500 N Walnut St, Macungie, PA -
Pennsylvania State Police Troop M Fogelsville Barracks
8320 Schantz Rd, Breinigsville, PA -
Lower Macungie Fire Dept. - Brandywine Station
6229 Sauerkraut Ln, Macungie, PA
