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Coroner Names Dump Truck Driver Killed In Lehigh Twp. Crash Coroner Names Dump Truck Driver Killed In Lehigh Twp. Crash
Coroner Names Dump Truck Driver Killed In Lehigh Twp. Crash Officials have identified the dump truck driver who died in an accident on Route 145 Tuesday morning, April 9 as Lincoln P. Brown.  Brown, 52, of Selinsgrove, was southbound when his tri-axle truck crashed in Lehigh Township, said the Northampton County Coroner's Office. He died from injuries sustained in the crash and the manner of death was accidental, authorities said.  Route 145 was closed between Blue Mountain Drive and Birch Drive for about three hours while crews worked the scene, according to township police. 

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by Mac Bullock
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Thousands Without Power In Lehigh Valley Dump Truck Crash: Report Thousands Without Power In Lehigh Valley Dump Truck Crash: Report
Thousands Without Power In Lehigh Valley Dump Truck Crash: Report A Tuesday morning dump truck crash caused power outages for residents in Lehigh County, LehighValleyLive reports. Nearly 1,400 PPL customers lost power following the crash, which took down wires on Jordan Parkway near Route 145 in Whitehall Township around 9 a.m., the outlet says. No injures were reported and approximately 163 customers remained without power as of 1:35 p.m., according to the PPL website. Click here for more from LehighValleyLive.

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by Nicole Acosta
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PA Trucker Out On Bond In Deadly Crash Arrested In 2nd That Killed Married Couple PA Trucker Out On Bond In Deadly Crash Arrested In 2nd That Killed Married Couple
PA Trucker Out On Bond In Deadly Crash Arrested In 2nd That Killed Married Couple A Pennsylvania trucker out on bond for his role in a deadly Montgomery County crash three months ago was charged again, this time for killing a married couple in a Lehigh County crash the year before, authorities said. Devon Michael Lindeman, 23, of Allentown, was charged with homicide by vehicle, recklessly endangering another person, and summary traffic offenses in the North Whitehall Township crash on June 21, 2020, that claimed the lives of Robert O’Rourke, 55, and Mary O'Rourke, 54, the Lehigh County District Attorney′s Office and Pennsylvania State Police said in a joint news rele…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Allentown Passenger Dies In Route 22 Crash Allentown Passenger Dies In Route 22 Crash
Allentown Passenger Dies In Route 22 Crash A 41-year-old Allentown woman died in a one-car crash overnight in Whitehall Township overnight, authorities said. Jessica M. Rivera was the passenger in a car that veered off Route 22 westbound near Route 145 and slammed into a utility pole around 12:30 a.m. Monday, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office announced. She was pronounced dead less than 30 minutes later. The driver was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest for unknown injuries, State Police Trooper Nathan Branosky said. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 10. The crash is being investigated by the Pennsylvania State …

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by Cecilia Levine