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Poconos Motorcyclist Fatally Struck By Septic Truck, Troopers Say
A Monroe County motorcyclist died after losing control of his bike and being hit by a septic truck on a Chestnuthill Township road, say state police.
It happened on Saturday, May 13 around 3:20 p.m., troopers wrote in a release. The motorcyclist, an unnamed 26-year-old Stroudsburg resident, was headed south on Route 715 when he lost control and skidded into the northbound lane, authorities said.
During the slide, he was separated from the bike, which hit traveled off the road and hit a tree before skidding back into the southbound lane, the release says. The motorcyclist, meanwh…
NJ Man Struck, Killed By Car In Poconos
A man from New Jersey was pronounced dead after being hit by a car in Pennsylvania, state police said.
Allan L. Johnson, 80, of Hackettstown was fatally struck around 12 p.m. Sunday in the area of Paradise Valley Road south of Route 715 in Paradise Township, Monroe County, NJ.com reports citing state police.
He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
The driver, an 85-year-old Stroudsburg, PA woman, was uninjured, the report says.
Additional details about the crash circumstances were not immediately released.
