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PA Driver Charged With Homicide By Vehicle In Deadly DUI Crash: Police PA Driver Charged With Homicide By Vehicle In Deadly DUI Crash: Police
PA Driver Charged With Homicide By Vehicle In Deadly DUI Crash: Police An Emmaus man is charged with homicide by vehicle after police say he was driving under the influence during a deadly crash in Allentown late last year.  Chase R. Strahler, 25, faces multiple felony offenses for the wreck that killed 63-year-old John Sassaman on Oct. 2, said the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office and Allentown police.  First responders were called to the 400 block of South 24th Street just before 1 a.m. that morning for a serious crash, the release says.  They arrived to find Strahler's Jeep Grand Cherokee facing east in the southbound lane and Sassaman's Hyundai So…

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by Mac Bullock & Jillian Pikora
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PA Driver Was Drunk During Warren County Crash That Damaged Bridge, Police Say PA Driver Was Drunk During Warren County Crash That Damaged Bridge, Police Say
PA Driver Was Drunk During Warren County Crash That Damaged Bridge, Police Say A driver from Pennsylvania was more than three times the legal BAC limit when she crashed into a flatbed tow truck and caused serious damage to a bridge in Warren County, authorities said. The Lopatcong Township Fire Company responded to the crash in the westbound lanes on the bridge passing over Route 57 around 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 14, DailyVoice.com reported. A follow-up investigation found that Katherine Nardone, 41, collided with a flatbed tow truck in a Honda Civic before both vehicles struck the concrete bridge railing, Lopatcong Township Police said. Nardone, of the 500 bloc…

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by Valerie Musson
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Alcohol Thought To Be Factor In Crash That Killed Driver, Injured Passenger In Montco: PD Alcohol Thought To Be Factor In Crash That Killed Driver, Injured Passenger In Montco: PD
Alcohol Thought To Be Factor In Crash That Killed Driver, Injured Passenger In Montco: PD Alcohol was believed to have played a factor in a single-car crash that killed a driver and injured a passenger in Montgomery County, authorities said. The motorist was traveling near Red Lion Road and Philmont Avenue in Lower Moreland when the vehicle veered off the road and struck a pedestrian bridge around 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, Lower Moreland Township police said. The driver and their passenger were subsequently taken to an area hospital for treatment. The driver was pronounced dead on arrival, police said. The driver's name is being withheld pending notification to their ne…

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by Nicole Acosta