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Coroner IDs 2 Killed In I-78 Crash Coroner IDs 2 Killed In I-78 Crash
Coroner IDs 2 Killed In I-78 Crash Authorities have identified the two men killed in a Monday morning dump truck crash that closed down stretches of Route 78 in Berks and Lehigh counties. Donald T. Gercie, 63, was driving a dump truck that hit an overpass in the eastbound lanes and rolled over near milepost 48.0 in Upper Macungie just after 9:50 a.m., the Coroner’s Officer said. Gercie, of Alpha, NJ, was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple blunt force injuries just before 12:25 p.m. The manner of death was accidental. Gercie’s passenger, Joel A. Fantauzzi Ortiz, 40, of Bethlehem, was pronounced dead just before 10:50…

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by Valerie Musson
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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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by Nicole Acosta