Victim In Fatal Lehigh Crash Had 'Medical Event' Before Accident: Coroner

The Lehigh County woman who died in a head-on collision on State Route 873 on Tuesday, Nov. 29 experienced a "medical event" that caused her to lose control of her car, according to officials.

Rebecca Martinez, 71, of Slatington, experienced a "medical event" just before crashing head-on into another driver on Rt. 873 in Lehigh County Tuesday..
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Mac Bullock

11/30/2022 11:09 a.m.

County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said in a statement that 71-year-old Rebecca Martinez of Slatington became "unresponsive" on the highway's 7100 block near Washington Township at around noon.

She crashed head-on into another driver. Their condition as of Wednesday, Nov. 30 was not immediately clear.

Martinez was rushed to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, where she died of her injuries just before 1 p.m., the coroner said.

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