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Interstate 78
Lebanon, PA
Traffic
Speed Reduced On I-81 In Lebanon County Amid Cleanup, New Crash (
Update
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Speed limits have been reduced on Interstate 81 in Lebanon County at the request of Pennsylvania State Police Jonestown, PennDOT announced on Wednesday, Dec. 11, as crews continue clearing a major crash involving a tractor-trailer hauling a prefab mobile home. PennDOT has reduced speed limits on I-81 in Lebanon County to improve safety as emergency crews manage ongoing incidents, including a crash involving a tractor-trailer hauling a prefab mobile home near the Interstate 78 split in Union Township. The tractor-trailer veered off the road into the bushes earlier in the day, causing exten…
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Support Rising For NJ Teen Killed In Route 78 Pennsylvania Crash
The community is rallying to support the family of a vibrant 19-year-old from Bergen County, NJ who tragically died in a car accident along Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania earlier this week. Ciarra Sanchez was heading east on I-78 in Upper Saucon Township when the vehicle veered off the road and struck a concrete bridge pillar on Monday, Nov. 11, according to Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio. She was pronounced dead on the scene at 1:38 a.m., with the cause of death listed as multiple blunt force injuries. In the wake of her sudden passing, Ciarra’s mother’s colleagues at Christ Hospital…
Lebanon, PA
News
PA Passenger Guilty Of Involuntary Manslaughter For I-78 Fatal Crash: DA
A passenger has been found guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter for a fatal crash on Interstate 78, the Berks County District Attorney's Office annoued on Friday, Oct. 11. Dustin Micheal Harbaugh, 37, of Lebanon, was convicted for causing the crash that killed Jason Carl Blauch, 38, of Myerstown, according to the DA and his obituary posted by Rohland Funeral Home Inc. Blauch was one of six people the 2013 Chrysler Town and Country crossed the fog line and onto the snowy and icy berm near mile marker 9.8 in Bethel Township around 2 a.m., on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, as Daily Voice previousl…
Hamburg, PA
News
Florida Man Struck Dead On I-78: Pennsylvania State Police
A 49-year-old Florida man has died following a hit-and-run on Interstate 78, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Saturday, Aug. 24. Jymel Dejuan Smith of Clermont is a trucker, according to his social media, he had pulled his tractor-trailer over on I-78 West near mile marker 41.5 in Greenwich Township at 4:54 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 13, PSP Hamburg Trooper Brian Roland detailed in the release. While standing next to the tractor-trailer another vehicle struck him and fled the scene, Roland wrote. That vehicle was located nearby by Pennsylvania State Police and they arrested the driver 42…
Bethlehem, PA
Traffic
I-78 Crash Slows Traffic In Lehigh Valley: PennDOT
All lanes of Interstate 78 are closed in Williams Township after a crash near the New Jersey border, according to transportation officials. The wreck happened in the westbound lanes near Exit 71 (PA 33) around 2:35 p.m., said PennDOT on the 511pa website. Updated: Closure on #I78 WB from NJ Line to Exit: PA 33 NORTH/TO US 22 - STROUDSBURG { # 71 } https://t.co/pl4ttKjuGg — 511PA Statewide (@511PAStatewide) July 22, 2024 The closures were still in effect as of 3:30 p.m.
Allentown, PA
News
Passenger Ejected, Seriously Injured In Berks County Crash On I-78 (
Updated
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Authorities have released additional details in the Interstate 78 crash that shut down a large stretch of the highway on Monday, July 1. The multi-vehicle wreck happened near mile marker 31 in Hamburg, state police said in a release. A tractor-trailer was headed west in a work zone when it hit the center concrete barrier, troopers said. The collision knocked part of the barrier into oncoming traffic, where the concrete pieces were struck by another tractor-trailer and a Hyundai Santa Fe, according to crash investigators. The Hyundai rolled onto its roof and one of the pas…
Allentown, PA
Obituaries
US Air Force Member, Dad Killed In PA Motorcycle Crash, Fund Says
Edgar Guadarrama Jaimes, a Coopersburg father and husband, died in a motorcycle accident last Wednesday, June 26, officials have said. He was 30. Guadarrama Jaimes was pronounced dead at the scene of the Interstate 78 crash, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Two other drivers involved in the accident were not injured. His obituary from Stephens Funeral Home says the 30-year-old served in the United States Air Force and was a server at the Coopersburg Diner. The restaurant was closed on Monday, July 1 in Guadarrama Jaimes' memory. Dear friends …
Allentown, PA
News
Coroner Names Motorcyclist Killed In I-78 Crash
Officials have identified the 30-year-old motorcycle rider who died in a crash on Interstate 78 on Wednesday, June 26. Edgar J. Guadarrama Jaimes of Coopersburg was involved in a crash near Exit 58 around 11:45 a.m., said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. He was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple traumatic injuries and the manner of death was ruled accidental. The other involved drivers, a 59-year-old in a tractor-trailer and a 42-year-old in a Honda Pilot, were not injured. I-78 was closed until about 3:30 p.m. while crews worked the scene. State police …
Allentown, PA
Traffic
Motorcyclist Killed In Multi-Vehicle Crash On I-78 (
Updated
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A 30-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a three-vehicle accident on Interstate 78 on Wednesday, authorities say. The motorcycle, a tractor-trailer, and a Honda Pilot were involved in a wreck near Exit 58 around 11:45 a.m., according to state police. The Lehigh County Coroner's Office said the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities said he was a Coppersburg resident but did not report his name Wednesday. The 59-year-old tractor-trailer driver and the 42-year-old in the Honda were not injured, troopers added. I-78 was closed until about 3:30 p.m.…
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
State Vehicle Involved In I-78 Crash In Berks County, PA State Police Say
A crash truck was struck from behind on Interstate 78 on Monday afternoon, May 13, according to state police. Troopers said it happened around 2 p.m. near the Stump Road underpass in Maxatawny Township. The crash truck was stopped in the right westbound lane with its emergency lights flashing. A tractor-trailer was approaching from the west and "attempted to change lanes as the crash truck indicated," but was unable to do so or stop in time, state police said. Both vehicles suffered "minimal damage" and no injuries were reported, according to troopers.
Bethlehem, PA
Traffic
Overturned Truck Shuts Down Highway Ramp In Northampton County: PSP (
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Update: The ramp has since reopened, troopers said. Crews are at the scene of an accident involving an overturned tractor-trailer on Wednesday, April 3, according to troopers. Troop M's Nathan Branosky said the truck flipped on the ramp from Route 33 southbound to Interstate 78 eastbound in Lower Saucon. Drivers on Route 33 south are being detoured onto I-78's westbound lanes, state police said. The ramp was still closed while first responders worked the scene around noon, Branosky said.
Bethlehem, PA
Police & Fire
I-78 Crash: Multi-Vehicle Accident In Northampton County
Multiple cars were involved in a wreck on Interstate 78 near Hellertown on Friday afternoon, Feb. 16, according to PennDOT. It happened between Exit 67 to Hellertown/Bethlehem and Exit 60B to South 4th Street, the department said. A lane restriction is in effect as of 2:50 p.m., officials said. It's not yet clear if anyone was injured.
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
19-Year-Old Dies After Berks County Crash: Coroner (
Updated
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A teen who was badly hurt in a crash on Interstate 78 in Berks County last week has died from his injuries, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office says. Caden Hummel, 19, was headed east in Greenwich Township when he lost control of his Honda Civic and hit the concrete median on Tuesday morning, Jan. 30, according to a state police report. After coming to a rest in the left lane, his car was rear-ended by an eastbound Cadillac, and both drivers were taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, troopers said. Hummel, of Leesport, died from a head injury on Sunday afternoon, Fe…
Bethlehem, PA
News
Coroner IDs Woman Killed In Route 33 Rollover Crash
The driver who died on Route 33 in Bethlehem Township on Wednesday night, Nov. 8, was 40-year-old Surmaliz Valentin Ramos, authorities say. Ramos, of Hellertown, was driving a 2014 Toyota Scion when she crashed along Route 33 between Interstate 78 and the exit to Freemansburg Avenue at mile marker 1.4 around 7:15 p.m., state police told Daily Voice. No other vehicles were involved, according to troopers. She was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital Anderson Campus where she later died from multiple blunt force injuries, said the Northampton County Coroner's Office. T…
Bethlehem, PA
Police & Fire
Woman Killed In Rollover Crash On Rt 33: Pennsylvania State Police
A 40-year-old woman has died following a rollover crash on Route 33 North on Wednesday night, Pennsylvania State Police told Daily Voice. The woman was driving a 2014 Toyota Scion. when she crashed along Rt 33 between Interstate 78 and the exit to Freemansburg Avenue at mile marker 1.4 in Bethlehem Township, Trooper Nathan Branosky explained. The single-vehicle crash happened around 7:15 p.m. on Nov. 8, according to Branosky. The roadway closed in both directions immediately following the crash but has since reopened, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.&…
Franklin Township, NJ
Traffic
Crash Partially Closes I-78 In Somerset County
A crash partially closed Interstate 78 in Somerset County, authorities said. New Jersey State troopers responded at 10:41 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 5 to a crash on Interstate 78 west at milepost 27, in Bedminster, a State Police spokesman said. Based on a preliminary investigation two vehicles were traveling west when one vehicle lost directional control striking the other vehicle, he said. There were no injuries reported. One left lane of three lanes was closed, 511nj.org reported.
Allentown, PA
Traffic
27 Miles Of I-78 Reopen Almost 8 Hours After Triple Tractor-Trailer Crash
A multi-vehicle crash shuttered 27 miles of Interstate 78 for nearly eight hours on Wednesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The crash involving three tractor-trailers and an SUV happened in the eastbound lanes of I-78 at milepost 49, near Route 100, in Upper Macungie Township just before 5:20 a.m. on Oct. 4, authorities said. All lanes were closed and detoured to Route 863, Pennsylvania State Police said. The 27-mile closure shut the interstate down from Exit 23: Shartlesville interchange in Berks County through Exit 49A: Route 100 So…
Reading, PA
Traffic
Deadly Crash On I-78 In Pennsylvania: State Police
A driver died after losing control of their car and hitting a guard rail early on Monday, Aug. 14, Pennsylvania State Police detailed in a release. The crash happened on Interstate 78 in Tilden Township just before 3 a.m., troopers wrote in a report. The driver was eastbound when their car veered off the south side of the road and hit the rail, according to investigators. The vehicle was found some 50 feet away from the Interstate when police arrived. The victim was found dead at the scene. Troopers said they are withholding the driver's name until next of kin are notifi…
Allentown, PA
Traffic
VA Man ID'd As Victim Killed In I-78 Crash
A 22-year-old Virginia man was killed in a tractor-trailer crash on a Pennsylvania highway over the weekend, authorities said. Evan Dennison, of Berryville, was driving a vehicle that struck the back of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 78 in Weisenberg Township, on Sunday, July 23, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio said. Dennison was pronounced dead at the scene, at 2:53 p.m. All westbound lanes were closed for several hours. Pennsylvania State Police were investigating.
North Hunterdon, NJ
Traffic
23-Year-Old Airlifted After Driver Sends Car Into Oncoming Traffic On I-78: Police
A 23-year-old woman was flown to the hospital in a crash on Interstate 78 Sunday, June 25, New Jersey State Police said. An Acura Integra driven by a 23-year-old Manville man ran off the highway to the left and crossed the center median, entering the westbound lanes around 9 a.m. near milepost 22.7, in Clinton Township, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan said. The Acura was struck by a westbound Hyundai. The 23-year-old Acura driver was seriously injured, as was his passenger, a Middlesex woman, who was flown to the hospital. The Hyundai's passengers suffered moderate injuries.
Cornwall-Mount Gretna, PA
Police & Fire
Major Multi-Vehicle Crash Closes All Lanes On I-78 In Central PA
A major crash has halted all traffic along Interstate 78 by the interchange for Interstate 81, authorities say. The multi-vehicle crash happened just before 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 28, according to the Pennsylvania department of transportation. All lanes have been closed along I-78 westbound between Exit 8: US 22 WEST/TO PA 343 - LEBANON/FREDERICKSBURG and (End of I - 078), PennDOT says. Additional information on this crash was not immediately available when Daily Voice reached out to authorities around 5:30 p.m. This is the second crash in the Lebanon County area of I-…
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Brooklyn Driver, 23, Dead After Car Flips Off I-78, Rolls Onto Train Tracks
A 23-year-old Brooklyn driver died when his car flew off of Interstate 78 in Lehigh Valley Tuesday, April 19, according to authorities and news reports. Emran Hossain was heading west when he hit a barrier, flipped off the highway and landed on train tracks below on Lehigh Street in Allentown around 1:30 a.m., according to WFMZ and the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Hossain died at the scene, and his passenger was reportedly taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition. Crews were still on the scene around 6 a.m. Travel with caution this morning on I-78 WB, MM 57.7, City of Allent…
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Brooklyn Driver, 23, Dead After Car Flips Off I-78, Rolls Onto Train Tracks
A 23-year-old Brooklyn driver died when his car flew off of Interstate 78 in Lehigh Valley Tuesday, April 19, according to authorities and news reports. Emran Hossain was heading west when he hit a barrier, flipped off the highway and landed on train tracks below on Lehigh Street in Allentown around 1:30 a.m., WFMZ reports. Hossain died at the scene, and his passenger was reportedly taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition. Crews were still on the scene around 6 a.m. Travel with caution this morning on I-78 WB, MM 57.7, City of Allentown, right lane will be closed for crash inv…
Reading, PA
News
Pennsylvania Dunkin' Employee Dies Suddenly, 16
An eastern Pennsylvania community is mourning the loss of a beloved Dunkin' worker. Rachel Cox, 16, died suddenly on Jan. 15 at St. Christopher’s Children’s Hospital, according to her obituary. A cause of death was not released. Cox worked at a Dunkin' franchisee on Mountain Road in Hamburg. The store announced her death in a Facebook post on Jan. 19. She was remembered in the post as a smart, hard-working, and happy girl. Our Dunkin family lost one of our own this week. Rachel, you were such a smart, hard working, happy girl that would... Posted by Interstate 78 DNKN's - Dunkin' …
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
35-Year-Old Driver Dead In Route 78 Crash
A 35-year-old man died after his vehicle overturned and struck a tree Friday on Interstate 78 in Somerset County. Stephan Tarnowsky was heading west when his Ford Crown Victoria went off the road and struck a tree around 11:15 a.m. near milepost 36.5 in Warren, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. The Washington (Warren County) resident was airlifted to Morristown Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead. The crash remains under investigation.
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
35-Year-Old Driver Dead In Route 78 Crash
A 35-year-old man died after his vehicle overturned and struck a tree Friday on Interstate 78 in Somerset County. Stephan Tarnowsky was heading west when his Ford Crown Victoria went off the road and struck a tree around 11:15 a.m. near milepost 36.5, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. The Washington (Warren County) resident was airlifted to Morristown Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead. The crash remains under investigation.
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
I-78 Crash Slows Traffic In Upper Macungie
A tractor trailer crash snarled traffic Monday afternoon on Interstate 78 in Upper Macungie. The crash occurred on the westbound side around 12:30 p.m. near mile marker 51.6, according to Pennsylvania State Police. It was unclear if any injuries were reported. All lanes were closed as of 4 p.m.
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
State Police Seek Info In Hit-Run Pedestrian Crash On I-78
Authorities are seeking the public's help in the investigation of a serious pedestrian crash on Interstate 78 in Essex County Friday morning. The pedestrian was struck by a silver minivan or SUV on the eastbound side near milepost 56.8 in Newark, and rushed to an area hospital. The driver fled and east. Anyone with information or who may have witnessed the crash is asked to contact Troop "B" Somerville Station at 908-725-0107. Anonymous tips are welcome.
Cornwall-Mount Gretna, PA
News
Separate Multi-Vehicle Crashes Halt Traffic On 2 Highways In Lebanon County
Two separate multi-vehicle crashes along two separate highways have halted traffic in Lebanon County. A crash involving a tractor-trailer rollover along Interstate 81 southbound happened around 4:22 p.m. according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The crash happened between Exit 90: PA 72 - LEBANON and Exit 85: PA 934 - ANNVILLE/FT INDIANTOWN GAP, Lebanon County. All lanes closed as a result of the crash. The other crash happened along Interstate 78 westboundbetween Exit 8: US 22 WEST/TO PA 343 - LEBANON/FREDERICKSBURG and the end of I-78, around 4:18 p.m. All lanes clos…
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Tractor Trailer Driver Dies In Fiery Crash On I-78
A tractor trailer driver died in a fiery crash on Interstate 78 in Somerset County late Wednesday night, authorities said. The multi-vehicle crash involved two tractor trailers and occurred on the eastbound side at milepost 29.4 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. The driver's identity was not immediately released and further details were not available. The right lane remains closed for the accident investigation.
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Summit Man Found Guilty In Knifepoint Gas Station Robbery
A Union County jury on Tuesday returned a guilty verdict against a Summit man charged with armed robbery after threatening a gas station attendant at knifepoint in 2018. The jury deliberated for less than a day before convicting 47-year-old Patrick Vermilyea of first-degree armed robbery, third-degree possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose, and fourth-degree theft of movable property, acting Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Summit Police Chief Andrew Bartolotti said. The verdict came after three days of trial testimony before Union County Superior Court Judge Lisa Miralles W…
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