Sunday, February 24, 2013
The two-vehicle crash Saturday on MacArthur Road in Whitehall closed the roadway for hours, according to published reports.
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Sunday, February 24
Two people were killed in a fiery two-vehicle crash on MacArthur Road in Whitehall on Saturday evening, according to reports on mcall.com and wfmz.com A car turning right onto MacArthur Road from Eberhart Road was struck by a pickup truck traveling north at a high rate of speed about 6 p.m., according to the reports. The car caught fire and the two people in the car were killed. The identities of those killed have not yet been released. MacArthur Road (Route 145) was closed for hours.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Jordan Steinmetz, 14, of Lisa Court, Upper Macungie was struck on Schantz Road Friday night and killed. Berks-Lehigh Regional Police are investigating the fatal accident.
A 14-year-old boy who apparently had been trick-or-treating was hit and killed by an SUV Friday night on Schantz Road in Upper Macungie. Jordan Steinmetz, of Lisa Court, Upper Macungie, was pronounced dead at 11:45 p.m. at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Berks-Lehigh Regional Police said the boy was in costume, walking west on Schantz Road with another boy, when he was struck by an SUV also traveling west on Schantz Road, according to a preliminary investigation. The accident happened at 8:20 p.m. in the area of Balsam Street and Cottonwood Road. The coroner's office said the accident happened in front of 6429 Schantz Road. The driver of the SUV has not been identified. The boy was …
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Richard James, 54, of Reinholds, was struck and killed Thursday morning, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office said.
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Thursday, October 4, 2012
Updated 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4. A 54-year-old man who was standing outside his tractor trailer was struck and killed Thursday morning off Ruppsville Road in Upper Macungie, the Lehigh County Coroner's office said. Richard James, of 675 N. Ridge Road, Reinholds, was pronounced dead at the scene by Deputy Coroner Wendy Brantley. According to the coroner's office, James was standing outside his tractor trailer in the 7500 block of Morris Court when it was hit by another tractor trailer, subsequently striking him. The cause and manner of death is pending an autopsy on Friday. The coroner's office and the Berks Lehigh Regional Police are investigating. The accident happened shortly after 6 a.m.
Thursday, September 6, 2012
The 22-year-old woman was struck at 5:36 a.m. Tuesday.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
The 22-year-old woman was struck at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The 22-year-old woman who was struck and killed Tuesday at the I-78 Interchange and Hamilton Boulevard in Lower Macungie Township has been identified by the Lehigh County Coroner, according to a report in the Morning Call. Zhen Li of Tianjn, China was a summer employee of Dorney Park, in the U.S. on a work visa, the story said. The woman, who was struck at 5:36 a.m. by a Jeep Cherokee driven by Zachary James Edwards, 19, of Allentown, was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital -- Cedar Crest and pronounced dead after 9 a.m., it said. The cause of death is attributed to multiple traumatic injuries. The coroner ruled the manner of death an accident. Edwards, who was driving before sunrise, was unable to stop before hitting the woman as he drove up…
Police say Allentown driver could not stop in time.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Police say Allentown driver could not stop in time.
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
A 22-year-old woman walking across a ramp to Interstate 78 in Lower Macungie Township was struck and killed by a vehicle early Tuesday, according to police. The woman was not identified by state police at Fogelsville because her next of kin had not yet been notified, according to a news release. The woman was walking east across the ramp from Hamilton Boulevard north to I-78 eastbound at 5:36 a.m., police said. The vehicle, a Jeep Cherokee, driven by Zachary James Edwards, 19, of Allentown, was driving up the ramp and was unable to stop before hitting the woman. The woman was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest, where she was pronounced dead, according to police. Edwards' vehicle received moderate damage, police said. Macungie …
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Fatal accident closes SB Route 309, according to scanner report.
Fatal accident closes SB Route 309, according to scanner report.
A fatal motor vehicle accident occurred late Friday on Route 309 in Lower Macungie Township according to emergency scanner transmissions. The accident was reported around 11 p.m. as an overturned vehicle with an unresponsive victim trapped underneath. State Police arrived and reported the victim was potentially deceased. The accident occurred on SB Rt. 309 under I-78 in the vicinity of where Lower Macungie, South Whitehall, Upper Macungie and Salisbury township come together. Southbound Route 309 was closed, and traffic was diverted at Tilghman Street. The accident was initially reported as being located on I-78 at Hamilton Boulevard in South Whitehall Township.
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Sunday, March 11, 2012
The driver was thrown from his vehicle in the early Sunday morning crash on Route 22 in South Whitehall.
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Sunday, March 11, 2012
An Alburtis man was thrown from his vehicle in an early morning crash Sunday on Route 22 in South Whitehall died from his injuries, state police at Bethlehem said. The accident occurred at 3:20 a.m. in the westbound lanes of Route 22, between 15th Street and Cedar Crest Boulevard. Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim identified the driver as David A. Coffey, 36, of 469 Laurel Drive, according to a report in The Morning Call. Coffey was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:30 a.m. State police said the driver in the fatal crash was traveling in the right lane at a high rate of speed when it hit a guardrail, then traveled across both lanes, hitting the center median. The vehicle rolled several times and the driver was ejected. The westbound road …
Kimberly Jennings
3:48 pm on Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Actually Tim, Sean's comments are 100% correct. I was there. This SUV swerved into the grass where the two boys were walking. The driver kept flashing to the police his military I.D. He also kept saying the he fought in Iraq. I assume that is why he is not in jail. Clearly mutiple crimes were commited here. Tim you need to stop with your ignorant comments. A little boy was murdered here. Have … more ›