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Camelback Skier May Be Paralyzed Weeks Before NJ Wedding Camelback Skier May Be Paralyzed Weeks Before NJ Wedding
Camelback Skier May Be Paralyzed Weeks Before NJ Wedding The skier at Camelback Resort who was badly injured in an accident on Sunday, Jan. 15 remains hospitalized and may be at risk of paralysis — just weeks before his wedding. The 25-year-old outdoorsman was "unconscious and bleeding from the head" when he was airlifted to Lehigh Valley Hospital after losing control on a double black diamond trail at the Tannserville resort, Daily Voice has reported.  Now identified as Dmitry Kinakh, the skier has since been transferred to the intensive care unit at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia with injuries to his back and head.  "He has a fractured sku…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist Airlifted To Hospital After Serious Warren County Crash, Police Say Motorcyclist Airlifted To Hospital After Serious Warren County Crash, Police Say
Motorcyclist Airlifted To Hospital After Serious Warren County Crash, Police Say A motorcyclist was airlifted to a nearby hospital after a weekend crash in Warren County, authorities confirmed. A motor vehicle collided with the motorcyclist on Route 173 near milepost 2.2 in Greenwich Township just before 12:50 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, Police Chief Richard Hummer told DailyVoice.com on Tuesday. The motorcyclist was flown to Lehigh Valley Hospital for serious injuries and later discharged, Hummer said. The crash remains under investigation. No further details were released. Assisting agencies include the Pohatcong Township Police Department, Hunterdon County ALS…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Support Surges For Hunterdon County Woman In Medically Induced Coma After Massive Condo Fire Support Surges For Hunterdon County Woman In Medically Induced Coma After Massive Condo Fire
Support Surges For Hunterdon County Woman In Medically Induced Coma After Massive Condo Fire Support is on the rise for a Hunterdon County woman who remains in critical condition with severe burns after a massive condo fire caused her to lose everything. Gabrielle Carisone, 28, was airlifted to Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown with third-degree burns and put into a medically induced coma after her condominium in Union Township, Hunterdon County went up in flames in the middle of the night on Sunday, May 1, according to a GoFundMe and a report from NJ.com. “She was woken up to flames in her bedroom with her only exit being her bedroom window 3 stories up,” reads the campaign, lau…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Alcohol Thought To Be Factor In 3-Car Crash That Hospitalized 2 In Lehigh Valley, Police Say Alcohol Thought To Be Factor In 3-Car Crash That Hospitalized 2 In Lehigh Valley, Police Say
Alcohol Thought To Be Factor In 3-Car Crash That Hospitalized 2 In Lehigh Valley, Police Say Alcohol was suspected to be involved in a three-car crash that sent a driver and passenger to a nearby hospital Monday evening, authorities said. Jessica Braker, 23, was attempting to turn south onto Route 248 at the Route 873 intersection in a gray Honda Civic when the vehicle veered off the road around 4:20 p.m., Lehigh Township Police said. Braker, of Palmerton, then drove across a traffic island and struck a blue Ford Edge facing north on Route 873 driven by Jason Sheckler, 49, of Palmerton, police said. Sheckler’s vehicle was pushed into a red Subaru Legacy driven by Jim Thorpe reside…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Police Seek ID For Truck Suspected In 4 Lehigh Valley Hospital Van Catalytic Converter Thefts Police Seek ID For Truck Suspected In 4 Lehigh Valley Hospital Van Catalytic Converter Thefts
Police Seek ID For Truck Suspected In 4 Lehigh Valley Hospital Van Catalytic Converter Thefts Police are seeking the public’s help identifying the owner of a truck involved in a string of catalytic converter thefts from medical vehicles at Lehigh Valley Hospital. The truck pictured above was involved in four catalytic converter thefts from transport vans at Lehigh Valley Hospital – Muhlenberg on Jan. 15, Bethlehem Police said Wednesday. “This included vans used for the transportation of hospital employees, as well as visitors and patients from the Good Shepherd Rehabilitation facility,” police said. The vehicle appears to be a Ford truck with a utility body. It has distinctive whi…

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by Valerie Musson
Obituaries
Hunterdon County Father, Lehigh Valley Hospital Radiology Tech John Hopkins Dies, 36 Hunterdon County Father, Lehigh Valley Hospital Radiology Tech John Hopkins Dies, 36
Hunterdon County Father, Lehigh Valley Hospital Radiology Tech John Hopkins Dies, 36 Hunterdon County father and Lehigh Valley Hospital worker John Paul Hopkins died Feb. 7 at the age of 36. Hopkins graduated from Phillipsburg High School and completed an Associates in Applied Science degree in Radiography at Northampton Community College, his obituary says. Hopkins worked as a radiology technician at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Salisbury, PA and lived in Clinton at the time of his death, his memorial says. More than $3,100 had been raised as of Thursday morning on a GoFundMe for Hopkins’ funeral expenses. “John was loved by many in the community including his family,” the …

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by Valerie Musson