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STATE POLICE AT BETHLEHEM

State police at Bethlehem reported on the following crashes investigated by troopers:

• On Feb. 2 at 4:25 p.m. a three-vehicle crash was reported along Route 22 in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, just east of Route 309. Troopers said Colleen M. Ehrig, 28, of Allentown, Kathleen A. Fitzgerald, 47, of Jim Thorpe, and a 17-year-old female from Allentown, were all in the right lane traveling westbound. The teen driver was stopped in the right lane due to a previous crash, with Fitzgerald slowing down due to the stopped vehicle. Ehrig could not stop with her 2016 Ford Escape striking Fitzgerald’s 2019 Subaru Ascent in the rear pushing it forward into the rear of the teen’s 2010 Pontiac Vibe.

No one was injured. The Ford had to be towed while the other two vehicles sustained minor damages and were driven from the scene.

Ehrig was cited for driving a vehicle at an unsafe speed.

A one-vehicle crash was reported at 2:33 p.m. on Feb. 3 along Route 873 in Washington Township, Lehigh County. Troopers said Aniya Bonini Rodriguez, 18, of Tamaqua, was driving a 2008 Ford Focus northbound and driving too fast for conditions. The vehicle went across the southbound lane and onto the west berm where it struck an embankment. The vehicle then overturned sideways and hit a road sign. The vehicle came to final rest upright facing northwest.

Bonini Rodriguez was not injured but the vehicle had to be towed.

She was cited for the crash.

A two-vehicle crash was reported at 9:32 a.m. on Feb. 2 along Route 22 in Bethlehem Township, Northampton County. Troopers identified the drivers involved as Steven T. Detwiler, 58, of Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, driving a 2017 Jeep Cherokee, and Linda L. Saeger, 74, of Catasauqua, driving a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee. No details of the crash were listed in the report. No one was injured and the report indicated that Detwiler was cited for following too closely.