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Two Injured In I-78 Crash That Caused Long Delays, Detours In Upper Macungie: Police Two Injured In I-78 Crash That Caused Long Delays, Detours In Upper Macungie: Police
Two Injured In I-78 Crash That Caused Long Delays, Detours In Upper Macungie: Police Two people were injured in a crash that caused hours-long delays and detours on I-78 in Lehigh County, authorities have confirmed. A tractor-trailer traveling in the westbound lanes struck a stationary motorcycle and its rider on the side of the road at mile marker 49.9 in Upper Macungie around 1:20 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1, Pennsylvania State Police said. The impact pushed the motorcycle into another rider, who was standing nearby, police said. The motorcyclist was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest with serious injuries, while the second victim suffered minor injuries, authorit…

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Obituaries
Lehigh Valley Doctor Dies Weeks After Bicycle Accident, Coroner Says Lehigh Valley Doctor Dies Weeks After Bicycle Accident, Coroner Says
Lehigh Valley Doctor Dies Weeks After Bicycle Accident, Coroner Says A doctor in the Lehigh Valley has died three weeks after a bicycle accident, authorities said. Dr. Lorraine A. Dickey, 60, died Sunday, Aug. 28 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said. Dickey died of complications from a cervical spine injury she suffered in the Aug. 8 accident on the 100 block of Robert Drive in Upper Macungie Township, the coroner said. Dickey was a neonatologist as well as a board-certified pediatric hospice & palliative medicine physician, her LinkedIn profile says. The Allentown woman -- who also survived cancer --  wen…

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Police & Fire
Resident Cautiously Jumps From Burning Allentown Row Home: Officials Resident Cautiously Jumps From Burning Allentown Row Home: Officials
Resident Cautiously Jumps From Burning Allentown Row Home: Officials A large fire that began in an Allentown row home and spread to two other buildings prompted one resident to cautiously jump out of a second-floor window, authorities said. Crews were called to the three-alarm blaze on the 1500 block of Liberty Street around 9:45 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 19, Allentown Fire Capt. John Christopher said. A resident tried to escape the flames by jumping from the second-floor window to the first-floor roof, then to the ground, Christopher said. That person suffered minor injuries and was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest for treatment, he added. A mut…

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News
Support Surges For Family Of Teen Tree Worker Who Died After Lehigh Valley Woodchipper Incident Support Surges For Family Of Teen Tree Worker Who Died After Lehigh Valley Woodchipper Incident
Support Surges For Family Of Teen Tree Worker Who Died After Lehigh Valley Woodchipper Incident Support is surging for the family of a teenage tree worker who died after an accident involving a woodchipper. Isiah Bedocs, 17, was partially pulled into the machine while working a tree job on the 3700 block of Excelsior Road in North Whitehall Township around 1:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 9, according to PA State Police and LehighValleyLive. The Coplay boy was airlifted to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later, police said.  Bedocs was an incoming senior at Whitehall High School, and "had his whole life ahead of him," reads a GoFundMe lau…

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Coroner IDs Teen Worker Who Died In Woodchipping Accident In Lehigh Valley Coroner IDs Teen Worker Who Died In Woodchipping Accident In Lehigh Valley
Coroner IDs Teen Worker Who Died In Woodchipping Accident In Lehigh Valley The teenager who died after a woodchipping accident in the Lehigh Valley has been identified, authorities said. Isiah M. Bedocs, 17, was working with a woodchipper on the 3700 block of Excelsior Road in North Whitehall Township when he became critically injured around 1:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 9, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office and Pennsylvania State Police. Those injuries were not specified in a press release, though, LehighValleyLive reports his clothes got caught in the machine while working a tree job. The Coplay teen was airlifted to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar …

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Suspects Sought After Woman Attacked At Lehigh Valley Apartment Complex: Police Suspects Sought After Woman Attacked At Lehigh Valley Apartment Complex: Police
Suspects Sought After Woman Attacked At Lehigh Valley Apartment Complex: Police Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a pair of suspects who they say assaulted a woman at an apartment complex in the Lehigh Valley. The 41-year-old woman was getting out of her car in the Valley Ridge Apartments parking lot in Lower Macungie Township when she was attacked by two masked men around 11:20 p.m. Saturday, July 30, Pennsylvania State Police said. The pair fled the scene in a dark-colored sedan, police said. The woman was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest for treatment. Police did not specify whether this was a targeted incident or a random…

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Authorities ID Person Killed In Late-Night Allentown Shooting Authorities ID Person Killed In Late-Night Allentown Shooting
Authorities ID Person Killed In Late-Night Allentown Shooting Authorities have identified the person who was shot and killed in Allentown late Thursday, July 28. Officers responding to a shooting found Tywon D. Abner, 33, of Allentown, with a gunshot wound on the 500 block of Allen Street around 11:10 p.m., according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Abner was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, where he died at 1:22 a.m. Friday, July 29, police said. No arrests have been made. The incident remains under investigation by the Allentown Police Department, Lehigh County Homicide Task Force, Lehigh County District Attor…

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Child Struck By Vehicle In Lehigh Valley: Police Child Struck By Vehicle In Lehigh Valley: Police
Child Struck By Vehicle In Lehigh Valley: Police A child was struck by a vehicle in the Lehigh Valley last week, authorities said. The crash happened on the 1600 block of Broadway in Bethlehem around 4:10 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, Salisbury Township police said. The 11-year-old victim was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest for treatment, police said. The extent of his injuries was not immediately known.  It was unclear whether charges had been filed in connection with the incident. Anyone with information on the crash is encouraged to contact the Salisbury Township Police Department at 610-797-1447 or Lehigh County Rad…

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PA Man Strangled By Pet Snake Shot By Police Dies Days Later PA Man Strangled By Pet Snake Shot By Police Dies Days Later
PA Man Strangled By Pet Snake Shot By Police Dies Days Later A Pennsylvania man who was strangled by his pet snake has died days after the incident, authorities said. Elliot Senseman, 27, died from anoxic brain injury due to asphyxiation by constriction after an 18-foot Boa constrictor-type snake wrapped itself around the man's neck inside his Church Street home in Fogelsville (Upper Macungie Township) on Wednesday, July 20, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. The snake completely cut off oxygen to Senseman's brain, the coroner's office said. Officers arrived around 2:10 p.m. to find Senseman in cardiac arrest with the snake still wrapp…

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Woman Killed In Allentown Apartment Fire: Authorities Woman Killed In Allentown Apartment Fire: Authorities
Woman Killed In Allentown Apartment Fire: Authorities A weekend fire in Allentown claimed the life of a 40-year-old woman,  authorities said. Jessica Maes died after being pulled from the apartment building blaze on the 800 block of Walnut Street on Saturday, July 16, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Maes was pronounced dead around 5:50 a.m. at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, officials said. Her cause of death was determined to be the inhalation of combustion products, and her manner of death is still being investigated. Three dogs were also killed, and a resident was displaced, The Morning Call reports. The cause o…

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PA Toddler Drowns In Backyard Pool, Authorities Say PA Toddler Drowns In Backyard Pool, Authorities Say
PA Toddler Drowns In Backyard Pool, Authorities Say A Pennsylvania toddler drowned in a backyard pool Monday, July 4, authorities said. Twenty-three-month-old Aydeen Cabrera drowned in the pool behind his family's Fenwick Street home in Allentown, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. The boy was pronounced dead at 7:18 p.m. at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest. An autopsy determined his cause of death was drowning, and his manner of death was an accident, the coroner's office said. The incident remains under investigation by the Lehigh County Coroner's Office and the Allentown Police Department.

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Gun Accidentally Discharges Injuring 12-Year-Old In Lehigh Valley: Police Gun Accidentally Discharges Injuring 12-Year-Old In Lehigh Valley: Police
Gun Accidentally Discharges Injuring 12-Year-Old In Lehigh Valley: Police A 12-year-old child was injured when a gun was accidentally discharged inside a Lehigh Valley home, authorities said. Officers were called to the 100 block of Railroad Street in Catasauqua around 1:30 a.m. Monday, May 23, borough police said. The incident apparently began when a 35-year-old man went outside with a loaded shotgun to investigate a noise. He went back inside when he didn't find anyone, police said. He began unloading the shotgun, but it accidentally discharged, police said. A projectile pierced the wall and struck a television, while a pellet hit the child in the neck. The v…

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