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Victim ID'd In Deadly West Penn Crash

Authorities have identified the victim who was fatally injured in a car crash in West Penn Township on Thursday afternoon. 

A damaged car.

A damaged car.

Photo Credit: Unsplash/ Clark Van Der Beken

William J. Reed, 46, of Andreas, was driving along the 300 block of Lizard Creek Road on April 6 when he lost control of his car around 1:45 p.m., said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office in a release. 

Reed's car veered off the street and into a ditch, officials wrote. He was rushed to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, where he died from multiple blunt-force injuries at about 5:15 p.m., the coroner said. The manner of death was ruled accidental. 

The crash remains under investigation by township police, the release adds. 

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