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Reading, PA
Police & Fire
1 Killed, 1 Hurt In I-78 Crash: PA State Police
One person was killed and another hurt in a crash early Friday morning on I-78 in Berks County, authorities said. A tractor-trailer was stopped on the side of the road around 5:45 a.m. when a box truck traveling westbound near mile marker 29.3 in Tilden Township, struck the back of the tractor-trailer, Pennsylvania State Police said. The passenger of the box truck was pronounced dead while its driver was taken to Reading Hospital with moderate injuries, police said. The westbound lanes of I-78 were closed for several hours before reopening around 11 a.m., according to state police. Anyone…
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
4 Dead In I-78 Crashes Just Hours Apart: State Police
UPDATE: A fifth person has died after two separate crashes Tuesday on I-78 eastbound in Berks County, authorities said. *** (Original story below): Four people were killed in two separate crashes -- one involving a school bus -- hours apart on I-78 in Berks County, authorities said. The first crash happened just before 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday on the eastbound lanes of I-78 in Tilden Township, Pennsylvania state police said. Footage from this crash scene was streamed live by NBC10. Four vehicles, including a school bus, were involved, police said. The driver of an empty school bus f…
Bethlehem, PA
Police & Fire
1 Hospitalized After I-78 Crash In Northampton County: Report
One person was injured in a crash on a busy highway in Northampton County early Monday, WFMZ reports. The car was travelling westbound on I-78 near the Route 33 exit in Williams Township around 3:30 a.m. when it struck a median, the outlet says citing police. The driver was hospitalized with unknown injuries, according to the outlet. Click here for the full report from WFMZ.
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
Lehigh Coroner Identifies Driver Killed In Berks Crash After 3 County Police Pursuit
UPDATE (Dec. 9): The man has been identified as 21-year-old Julian Rodriguez of San Juan, Puerto Rico. *** (Dec. 8): The driver who led police on a three-county chase that ended in a fatal crash in Berks County on Tuesday has been identified, authorities said. "John Doe" has been identified as a 21-year-old man, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office said in a Wednesday release. His identity will be released once his next-of-kin has been notified. The man, who died shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, was killed when his car crashed on Interstate 78 at Exi…
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
Multi-Vehicle Crash Closes I-78 In Berks County
A multi-vehicle crash, including commercial trucks, halted traffic for hours on I-78 in Berks County Wednesday night, reports say. Multiple people were treated for injuries in the collision that occurred around 5 p.m. in Greenwich Township, WFMZ reports citing officials. The highway reopened around 3:30 a.m. Thursday after shutting down Exit 29 to Hamburg, the outlet says. Click here for the full report by WFMZ.
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Details Released In I-78 Tractor-Trailer Leak In Lehigh County
County officials released more details regarding a tractor-trailer that leaked an "unknown liquid" onto I-78 in Lehigh County last week. Local emergency departments witnessed a white liquid coming from the back of a Fed-Ex truck around 2 p.m. on July 9 near the Cedar Crest Exit, according to officials with Lehigh County Emergency Management. The truck was advertised as “Corrosive”, and the on-scene fire department commander requested Lehigh County Special Operations to respond at approximately 2:20 p.m., officials said. Crews closed I-78 to specify the chemical spreading across the ro…
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Coroner IDs Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Tractor Trailer On I-78 In Lehigh County
The Lehigh County coroner's office has identified the pedestrian who was fatally struck by a tractor-trailer on I-78 in Lehigh County Thursday morning, authorities said. Jovani Julio Diaz, 28, was pronounced dead at 5:45 a.m. after being struck by the tractor-trailer on the westbound side at mile marker 45.1 in Weisenberg Township around 5 a.m., the coroner's office said. The manner of death was not revealed. The incident caused hours-long road closures on I-78 westbound Thursday morning, authorities said. The investigation was being led by Pennsylvania State Police Fogelsville Barracks a…
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
NY Man Busted With $2.5 Million Worth Of Cocaine During Lehigh Valley Traffic Stop, Report Says
A 35-year-old New York man was busted with $2.5 million worth of cocaine during a Lehigh Valley traffic stop Friday morning, according to a recent news report. A Pennsylvania State Police trooper was patrolling I-78 around 9:15 a.m. when he noticed a Toyota Sienna with an Illinois license plate driving for a mile in the left lane but with no cars to pass in the right lane, LehighValleyLive reports citing court papers. The trooper pulled over the Toyota in Upper Macungie Township after they noticed the driver had also been driving 65 mph in a 55 mph zone, the outlet reports. The driver -- l…
Hamilton Township, NJ
News
Tolls Rise On These 7 Delaware River Bridges, Twice, Thanks To
Covid-
19
Underuse of Delaware River bridges during the past year's coronavirus pandemic is prompting officials to increase tolls for the first time in a decade. Tolls on the bridges operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission will increase on April 11 and again in 2024 after commissioners voted Monday to raise them for the first time in 10 years. Commissioners cited the decline in passenger car traffic and toll revenue caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the burden of maintaining 13 toll “free” bridges with revenue from the seven toll bridges. The commission approved the toll inc…
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Lehigh Driver Charged After Pushing Woman's Car With 2 Kids Into I-78 Median
A 31-year-old Lehigh driver is facing aggravated assault charges after state police say he was yelling at drivers and even hit one woman's car, sending it into a concrete median on I-78 earlier this month, authorities said. Justin C. Mitman, who was jailed March 8 in unrelated DUI and trespassing incidents from the day before, was identified after Pennsylvania State Police released photos of the truck and details about the road rage incident, LehighValleyLive says citing Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin and police Capt. Joseph F. Sokolofski. The woman was putting gas into a silver…
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Road
Rage
: Angry Lehigh Driver Pushes Woman's Car Into I-78 Median
Pennsylvania State Police are seeking the public's help identifying a Lehigh County driver who they say was yelling at drivers and even hit one woman's car, sending it into a concrete median on I-78 over the weekend. The woman was putting gas into a silver Toyota Prius when the man, operating a silver Toyota pickup truck, was driving around and yelling at customers in the Wawa parking lot on Schantz Road in Upper Macungie Township, around 2:45 p.m. Sunday, according to Trooper Nathan T. Branosky. Once the woman left Wawa, the man -- described as a skinny white male …
Hamilton Township, NJ
News
Toll
Hike
? Brace For Higher NJ Bridge Tolls Across Delaware River
Drivers who cross any of the eight Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission’s spans between New Jersey and Pennsylvania face two proposed toll increases this year and in 2024, authorities said. The need to hike state bridge tolls is being blamed on lost revenue during the coronavirus pandemic. The proposed increase, announced Monday, would be implemented on April 3, if approved by the board of commissioners at a March 29 meeting. The proposed hike comes just a month after the bridge commission approved a 2021 budget that state officials boasted had no toll hike. The 2021 proposed increa…
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