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Snow-covered road causes crash

A snow-covered Lehigh County road was the cause of a one-vehicle crash that occurred about 10:36 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 26.

State police at Fogelsville said Kim D. Turk, 44, of New Tripoli, was driving a 2006 Dodge Dakota truck westbound on Holbens Valley Road, in Lynn Township, when she lost control due to the snowy conditions. The truck crossed the eastbound lane and onto the berm where it went into a ditch striking a concrete barrier. After impact the truck spun counter-clockwise and traveled west along the road where it struck several trees before coming to rest partially in the ditch and partially on the road.Turk and passengers Ruth Seibert, 71, and two juvenile females, both age 11, were all not injured.