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Norfolk Southern Train Derails In Bethlehem Norfolk Southern Train Derails In Bethlehem
Norfolk Southern Train Derails In Bethlehem Bethlehem city officials responded to a train derailment under the Hill to Hill Bridge on Friday afternoon, July 5, authorities said in a release.  Four to five cars from the 125-car train derailed around 2:40 p.m., said the Fire Department in a release. "Two to three" of the cars derailed on the bridge over the Lehigh River and two others derailed on the tracks at the end of the bridge.  All of the affected cars were empty and the river was not "involved or affected," officials said.  Two of the cars on the train were carrying hazardous materials, but they were "remote" fro…

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by Mac Bullock
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State Police Name Carbon County Man Found In Lehigh River (UPDATED) State Police Name Carbon County Man Found In Lehigh River (UPDATED)
State Police Name Carbon County Man Found In Lehigh River (Updated) A Jim Thorpe man was found dead in the Lehigh River on Monday, July 1, according to state troopers.  Authorities said 33-year-old Felix Dejesus was previously reported as missing and endangered by borough police before his remains were found around noon.  The investigation is ongoing and there is no danger to the public, state police said.  "Updates will be provided as to not jeopardize the integrity of the investigation," said Trooper Anthony Petroski of PSP's Hazleton Station in a statement on Tuesday, July 2. 

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by Mac Bullock
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NTSB Reveals New Findings In Lower Saucon Train Derailment NTSB Reveals New Findings In Lower Saucon Train Derailment
NTSB Reveals New Findings In Lower Saucon Train Derailment Seven crewmembers were treated for minor injuries when three trains derailed after a collision in Lower Saucon early this month, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a new report.  The collision happened on tracks parallel to Riverside Drive around 7:15 a.m. on March 2, officials have said. All three were Norfolk Southern trains.  Investigators now say NS intermodal train 24XH101 was stopped on the tracks due to traffic when it was struck by train 268H429. Both trains were eastbound.  As a result, train 268H429 derailed three railcars onto the adjacent …

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by Mac Bullock
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Lower Saucon Train Derailment: Riverside Drive Reopens, Officials Say Lower Saucon Train Derailment: Riverside Drive Reopens, Officials Say
Lower Saucon Train Derailment: Riverside Drive Reopens, Officials Say Riverside Drive is open again for through traffic after a head-on train collision caused a triple derailment on Saturday morning, March 2.  SEE ALSO: Norfolk Southern Trains Collide, Derailing Into Lehigh River The road was reopened around 3 p.m., Lower Saucon police said.  The collision happened on tracks parallel to Riverside Drive around 7:15 a.m., officials have said.  The National Transportation Safety Board said an eastbound train hit a parked train on the same tracks, causing both to derail. Loose cars from one of those trains collided with a third one, cau…

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by Mac Bullock
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Head-On Norfolk Southern Crash Sends Locomotives Into Lehigh River (PHOTOS) Head-On Norfolk Southern Crash Sends Locomotives Into Lehigh River (PHOTOS)
Norfolk Southern Trains Collide, Derailing Into Lehigh River Norfolk Southern trains were in a head-on collision, derailing three trains on Saturday morning — sending the two locomotives into the Lehigh River, authorities said.  The three trains derailed near Riverside Drive in Lower Saucon Township at 7:15 a.m. on March 2, officials explained.  Northampton County Executive Lamont G. McClure released the following statements about the crash: "There has been a train derailment in L. Saucon Twp. Preliminarily there are no evacuations, no injuries and no leaks. However, this can change. The best thing we can do to assist first responders…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Cold Case: Nephew Found Lehigh Valley Woman Murdered In Her Home Cold Case: Nephew Found Lehigh Valley Woman Murdered In Her Home
Cold Case: Nephew Found Lehigh Valley Woman Murdered In Her Home Pennsylvania State Police are asking for the public's help to find Rose Josephine Hnath's killer.  The 78-year-old was found murdered on the floor of her North Whitehall home on Jan. 21, 1989, troopers said.  Her nephew had gone over to check on her around 7:30 p.m. after she was uncharacteristically absent from a church service that morning, according to a 2011 Allentown Morning Call report.  She was stabbed and beaten to death and her house had been ransacked, authorities said. Evidence from the scene suggested she fought with her attacker in her final moments, police told…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Coroner IDs Body Found In Lehigh River Coroner IDs Body Found In Lehigh River
Coroner IDs Body Found In Lehigh River Northampton County authorities have identified the body found floating in the Lehigh River over the weekend.  He was 62-year-old Bethlehem resident Dale G. Moyer, county Coroner Zachary Lysek's Office said in a release. Moyer's official cause and manner of death are pending the results of an investigation, Lysek added.  His body was found in Lower Saucon Township on Sunday, June 25, according to the release. 

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by Mac Bullock
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Body Pulled From Lehigh River Identified ID'd As Missing LU Student Body Pulled From Lehigh River Identified ID'd As Missing LU Student
Body Pulled From Lehigh River Identified ID'd As Missing LU Student The body of Lehigh University student from New Jersey who's been missing since January was recovered in the Lehigh River last week, school administrators said in a statement Wednesday.  "After a concerted search effort last winter failed to provide any information about his disappearance, we received confirmation today that a body recovered in the Lehigh River last week was Daniel’s," wrote President Joseph J. Helble in a letter to the campus community on May 24.  Lee, a second-year engineering student whose LinkedIn profile shows he's from East Hanover, NJ, was reported miss…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Body Of 56-Year-Old Man Found In Lehigh River: Report Body Of 56-Year-Old Man Found In Lehigh River: Report
Body Of 56-Year-Old Man Found In Lehigh River: Report The body of a 56-year-old man was found in a portion of the Lehigh River in Easton, LehighValleyLive.com reports. Easton Police and Fire departments and PA’s rescue team were at the scene of the body recovery in the back of the strip mall on Larry Holmes Drive on Saturday, July 30, the report says citing Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek. The man’s death was not considered suspicious, and his identity was being withheld pending family notification, the outlet says. Click here for more from LehighValleyLive.com.

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Man's Body Pulled From Lehigh River: Report Man's Body Pulled From Lehigh River: Report
Man's Body Pulled From Lehigh River: Report The body of a 56-year-old man was pulled from the Lehigh River over the weekend, WFMZ reports. The discovery was made around 9 p.m. near Larry Holmes Drive in Easton, the outlet said. The man's name is being withheld pending notification. Click here for more from WFMZ.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
COLD CASE: Pregnant Teen's Remains Found In Poconos ID'd As Jersey City Girl, NY Man Charged COLD CASE: Pregnant Teen's Remains Found In Poconos ID'd As Jersey City Girl, NY Man Charged
Cold CASE: Pregnant Teen's Remains Found In Poconos ID'd As Jersey City Girl, NY Man Charged For 44 years, the remains of a pregnant teen girl found on a Pennsylvania riverbank have been referred to by investigators only as "Beth Doe." This week, investigators identified the remains as those of Evelyn Colon, 15, of Jersey City, Pennsylvania State Police said. Evelyn's killer has also been identified: Luis Sierra, a now-63-year-old Queens, NY man, who has been charged with homicide, police said. Evelyn was nearly nine months pregnant when her remains were found along the Lehigh River in East Side Borough on Dec. 20, 1976, investigators said after piecing togethe…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
‘No Evidence’ To Confirm Report Of Allentown Bridge Jumper, Police Say After Drone Search ‘No Evidence’ To Confirm Report Of Allentown Bridge Jumper, Police Say After Drone Search
‘No Evidence’ To Confirm Report Of Allentown Bridge Jumper, Police Say After Drone Search Reports of a person that jumped from a bridge over the Lehigh River in Allentown were deemed unfounded following an extensive overnight drone search of the area, police say. Allentown police and fire officials responded to the Hamilton St. Bridge just before 1:50 a.m. Tuesday on the initial report of a person who may have jumped. The Lehigh Valley Drone Team worked alongside the Allentown Fire Department Rescue Boat to conduct a thorough search of the area, which yielded negative results, city police said. “Investigators reviewed video footage from this area and currently there is no evide…

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by Valerie Musson