Driver Hurt As Lehigh Valley Tractor-Trailer, Train Crash Causes Yogurt Spill, Road Closure

A tractor-trailer driver was hospitalized after the vehicle collided with a Norfolk Southern train and shut down a major Lehigh Valley highway Thursday morning, state police confirmed.

A tractor-trailer driver was hospitalized after the vehicle collided with a train and shut down a major Lehigh Valley highway Thursday morning, state police confirmed.
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Valerie Musson

02/03/2022 10:54 a.m.

The crash occurred at Route 512 and Locust Road in East Allen Township, Northampton County around 9:30 a.m., PSP Trooper Branosky said on Twitter.

The tractor-trailer driver — a 67-year-old man from Glendale, CA — was taken to LVHN-Cedar Crest for treatment of unspecified injuries following the crash, which caused numerous containers of goat milk yogurt and to spill into Monocacy Creek, Branosky said.

All traffic was being detoured on Route 512 at both Jacksonville Road and Jaindl Blvd. as state police in Bethlehem were handling the investigation.

Assisting agencies include Lehigh Valley Special Operations, Fastlane Towing, Hanover Township Fire Company and Norfolk Southern.

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