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Lower Mac Accident Badly Hurts Pair

Car hits mailboxes then crashes into tree, police say.

Two Alburtis men were badly hurt July 26 in a single-car accident when their car hit a tree along a Lower Macungie Township roadway, according to police.

Passenger Tyler Spangenberg, 18, had to be extricated by firefighters from the vehicle after the 10:28 p.m. crash,   said. Both he and the driver, Ryan J. Spangenberg, 20, received major injuries and were transported to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest.

Ryan Spangenberg was headed west when he went off the roadway and struck a mailbox at 6961 Spring Creek Road, police said. His Mercury Tracer traveled through grass and hit a tree, spinning the car back onto the roadway where it blocked the westbound lane.

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Ryan Spangenberg was cited for careless driving, police said.

Ambulances from Macungie and transported the pair, police said.

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