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PHOTOS: Car Slams Into Northampton County Home, Causes Partial Collapse PHOTOS: Car Slams Into Northampton County Home, Causes Partial Collapse
Photos: Car Slams Into Northampton County Home, Causes Partial Collapse A car slammed into a house in Northampton County over the weekend, prompting an efficient response from several surrounding rescue crews, authorities said. The Upper Nazareth Fire Department responded to Schoeneck Avenue just after 3 a.m. Sunday and found a car that had slammed through the garage of a ranch-style home, causing a domino effect that pushed the homeowner’s vehicle into the living room, the company said. “The impact pushed the homeowner’s car that was unoccupied, in the garage, through three walls and ended up in the residents’ living room as well as the dining room area,” the…

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by Valerie Musson
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Details Released In I-78 Tractor-Trailer Leak In Lehigh County Details Released In I-78 Tractor-Trailer Leak In Lehigh County
Details Released In I-78 Tractor-Trailer Leak In Lehigh County County officials released more details regarding a tractor-trailer that leaked an "unknown liquid" onto I-78 in Lehigh County last week. Local emergency departments witnessed a white liquid coming from the back of a Fed-Ex truck around 2 p.m. on July 9 near the Cedar Crest Exit, according to officials with Lehigh County Emergency Management. The truck was advertised as “Corrosive”, and the on-scene fire department commander requested Lehigh County Special Operations to respond at approximately 2:20 p.m., officials said. Crews closed I-78 to specify the chemical spreading across the ro…

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by Nicole Acosta