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Lehighton man admits vehicle crash with son in vehicle

A Carbon County man admitted crashing his vehicle into a ditch while his young son was in the vehicle, unbelted.

He entered a guilty plea in the county court on Thursday before Judge Joseph J. Matika.Trevor Scott Hunsicker, 29, of Lehighton, pleaded to one count of recklessly endangering another person for an incident on Sept. 7, 2016. In exchange for the plea charges of accidents causing death of injury while not properly licensed and summary offenses were dropped.State police at Lehighton responded to a reported crash along Church Street in Franklin Township. On scene troopers found Hunsicker's vehicle in a ditch and inside the vehicle was his 8-year-old son, injured and unbelted.Hunsicker is currently an inmate in the Lehigh County prison on probation violation charges.Matika placed him on probation for a year and ordered he render 50 hours of community service when released from custody.