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Passenger Dies After Carbon County Wreck: Coroner Passenger Dies After Carbon County Wreck: Coroner
Passenger Dies After Carbon County Wreck: Coroner A Lower Towamensing man died days after a car he was riding in crashed in Montour County.  Jason Reed was the passenger in a vehicle that wrecked on Ashtown Road in Mahoning Township on Friday, May 24, said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office.  He was taken to University Hospital in Bethlehem where he died from complications of multiple traumatic injuries on Tuesday morning, officials said. His manner of death was accidental.  Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the crash, the Coroner's Office added. 

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
80-Year-Old Driver Dies Weeks After Northeastern PA Crash, Coroner Says 80-Year-Old Driver Dies Weeks After Northeastern PA Crash, Coroner Says
80-Year-Old Driver Dies Weeks After Northeastern PA Crash, Coroner Says An 80-year-old driver who was in a northeastern Pennsylvania crash in August has died from her injuries, authorities said. Patricia A. Rodenbach died Friday, Sept. 30 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg after colliding with another vehicle around 7:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 17 at the intersection of Blakeslee Boulevard Drive East and Fredericks Grove Road in Mahoning Township (Carbon County), according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. The Lehighton woman died of complications from multiple traumatic injuries, the coroner said. Her manner of death was ruled an accident. The …

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by Nicole Acosta
Business
ARSON: PA Freight Company Employee Starts 3 Fires Causing Shutdown, Report Says ARSON: PA Freight Company Employee Starts 3 Fires Causing Shutdown, Report Says
Arson: PA Freight Company Employee Starts 3 Fires Causing Shutdown, Report Says An employee at a Pennsylvania freight company allegedly started three separate fires at his workplace, causing serious damage and a temporary closure of the business, WFMZ reports. Workers at Estes Express Lines in Mahoning Township told police they saw Anthony Dick, 39, dousing a fire after leaving the bathroom on Wednesday, Aug. 24, the outlet reports. Other workers reportedly saw Dick, of Lehighton, extinguishing a blaze in two other areas of the building, totaling three fires in the same day. Five trailers and other parts of the building were damaged in the fire. Dick was charged with …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
DUI Allentown Officer Refused Breathalyzer, Blood Tests After Crash: Report DUI Allentown Officer Refused Breathalyzer, Blood Tests After Crash: Report
DUI Allentown Officer Refused Breathalyzer, Blood Tests After Crash: Report Despite refusing two tests that most accurately assess a driver's level of intoxication, a 33-year-old Allentown police officer was charged with DUI in a Carbon County crash, LehighValleyLive reports. Joseph F. Krebs — who works in the K9 unit — claims a deer ran in front of his 2019 Ford F150 as he drove down the 100 block of Packerton Dam Drive, causing him to cross the double yellow line, go through bushes, and strike a utility pole on Feb. 26, the outlet says.  His speech was reportedly slurred and he smelled of alcohol, before admitting to having three beers and failing one of two…

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by Nicole Acosta