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Police release details of triple fatal crash in Lehigh Co.

Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio reported three people died as result of a three-vehice crash at Route 309 and Gun Club Road in Lynn Township.

Troopers from the Pennsylvania State Police Fogelsville Station were dispatched at around 2:30 p.m. to the area of Route 309 and Gun Club Road for the report of a three-vehicle motor vehicle crash.

Upon investigation, it was determined a 2013 Hyundai Accent, operated by a 54-year-old woman from Allentown, was driving northbound on Route 309 and crossed over into the southbound lanes of travel and struck a 2021 Jeep Compass operated by a 30-year-old woman from Fountain Hill.

The Hyundai Accent had three occupants in the vehicle, while the Jeep Compass had two occupants in the vehicle.

The operator of the Hyundai Accent was treated at the scene by Cetronia Ambulance and transported to Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest for her injuries.

Both passengers, Vannity I. Colon, 21, of Allentown and Israel Medina, 19, of New York, New York, were pronounced dead at the scene., were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.

The driver of the Jeep was also transported to Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest by Cetronia Ambulance.

Jeffrey Pichel, 61, of Fountain Hill, who was a passenger of the Jeep, was pronounced deceased at Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest on Monday.

During the crash investigation, traffic was detoured on Route 309 at Gun Club Road and Mountain Road/Mosserville Road.

Assisting with this investigation are the Troop M Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit, Troop M Forensic Services Unit, Lehigh County Coroners Office, Lehigh County Special Operations Unit and the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office.

Emergency crews are lined up on Gun Club Road in Lynn Township. COPYRIGHT LARRY NEFF/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS
The scene on Route 309 in Lynn Township on Sunday afternoon. COPYRIGHT LARRY NEFF/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS