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Unidentified Woman Hit, Killed Crossing Bridge To NJ: Troopers Unidentified Woman Hit, Killed Crossing Bridge To NJ: Troopers
Unidentified Woman Hit, Killed Crossing Bridge To NJ: Troopers Investigators are still working to name the woman hit and killed on the Trenton Morrisville Toll Bridge Thursday morning, Jan. 11, state police say.  The victim was headed toward New Jersey in the northbound lanes of the bridge and walking along the concrete divider when she was hit by a tractor-trailer around 6:15 a.m., troopers said in a release.   The crash knocked her over the divider into the southbound lanes, where two passing cars both struck her, authorities said. She died from her injuries at the scene.  The tractor-trailer stopped at the next available exit in…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
30-Year-Old Man Killed In Allentown Crash 30-Year-Old Man Killed In Allentown Crash
30-Year-Old Man Killed In Allentown Crash A fatal, pedestrian-involved car crash that left a 30-year-old man dead rerouted traffic in Allentown, authorities announced.  City police responded to the scene of a "serious accident" at 31st and Lehigh Streets at around 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 22, said Assistant Chief James Gress.  Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio identified the victim as 30-year-old Hiram Arroyo of Allentown. Officials said Arroyo died of multiple traumatic injuries after he was hit by a propane truck.  The accident will cause traffic to be "detoured for an extended amount of time," Gress said, but…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Pedestrian, 60, Fatally Struck By Driver In Whitehall Township Pedestrian, 60, Fatally Struck By Driver In Whitehall Township
Pedestrian, 60, Fatally Struck By Driver In Whitehall Township A pedestrian was fatally struck by a driver at the Whitehall Township and Allentown City line Wednesday evening, authorities said. Edwin Rodriguez, 60, was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest nearly 40 minutes after the crash on North 7th Street near Sumner Avenue in Whitehall Township around 5:55 p.m., according to the Lehigh County Coroner's office. A white SUV with front-end and hood damage was stopped near the scene, local police told LehighValleyLive. An autopsy will be performed on May 7 to determine the cause and manner of death. The Whitehall Town…

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by Nicole Acosta