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'You're Going To Be A Dad!' Allentown Trench Collapse Victim Learns In Final Moments Of Rescue 'You're Going To Be A Dad!' Allentown Trench Collapse Victim Learns In Final Moments Of Rescue
'You're Going To Be A Dad!' Allentown Trench Collapse Victim Learns In Final Moments Of Rescue "You're going to be a dad!" Those were the words that the construction worker heard as he was being pulled out of the Allentown trench he'd been trapped inside for hours. The unnamed victim became trapped Wednesday, Jan. 11, while digging in the backyard of a home at 15th and Gordon streets when the trench caved in around 2 p.m., officials said. It took hours to get him out, but as they did around 10:15 p.m., his wife delivered the happy news, that she was pregnant with their first child, city officials said.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Pedestrian Struck By Vehicle In Allentown, Police Say Pedestrian Struck By Vehicle In Allentown, Police Say
Pedestrian Struck By Vehicle In Allentown, Police Say A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in Allentown on Wednesday, April 6, authorities said. Responding officers found the victim near 15th and Liberty Streets around 6:30 a.m., Allentown police said. Police and EMS rendered aid to the adult male victim before he was taken to an area hospital with "significant injuries," they said.  Police did not immediately provide further details. The investigation remains ongoing.

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by Nicole Acosta
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TRAPPED: This Entire Allentown Street Is Still Waiting To Be Plowed Out TRAPPED: This Entire Allentown Street Is Still Waiting To Be Plowed Out
Trapped: This Entire Allentown Street Is Still Waiting To Be Plowed Out Has your street been fully plowed and salted following the heavy snowfall earlier this week? If so, consider yourself lucky. Rosie Serene, of Allentown, can’t say she is. Days after the massive storm that dropped nearly two feet of snow on Lehigh Valley, Serene's entire block was left to fend for itself. The block, located near the intersection of West Fairview Street and 15th Street, has yet to receive any attention from the city’s snow removal crews, according to Serene. “What if there's an emergency?” she told Daily Voice. “We have older people on our block so it's not as easy as …

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by Valerie Musson