Overcast 76°
Tag:

John Sassaman

Police & Fire
PA Driver Charged With Homicide By Vehicle In Deadly DUI Crash: Police PA Driver Charged With Homicide By Vehicle In Deadly DUI Crash: Police
PA Driver Charged With Homicide By Vehicle In Deadly DUI Crash: Police An Emmaus man is charged with homicide by vehicle after police say he was driving under the influence during a deadly crash in Allentown late last year.  Chase R. Strahler, 25, faces multiple felony offenses for the wreck that killed 63-year-old John Sassaman on Oct. 2, said the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office and Allentown police.  First responders were called to the 400 block of South 24th Street just before 1 a.m. that morning for a serious crash, the release says.  They arrived to find Strahler's Jeep Grand Cherokee facing east in the southbound lane and Sassaman's Hyundai So…

SHARE

by Mac Bullock & Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
63-Year-Old Pedestrian Dies In Allentown Crash: Officials 63-Year-Old Pedestrian Dies In Allentown Crash: Officials
63-Year-Old Pedestrian Dies In Allentown Crash: Officials A 63-year-old pedestrian died in a crash in Allentown, authorities said. John Sassaman was pronounced dead on Sunday, Oct. 2 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest after the crash just before 1 a.m. on the 400 Block of S. 24th Street, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. The Salisbury Township resident died of complications from multiple traumatic injuries, the coroner said. His manner of death was determined to be accidental. Further details about the crash were not immediately known. The incident remains under investigation by the Lehigh County Coroner's Office, Allentown Pol…

SHARE

by Nicole Acosta