State police at Fogelsville - crashes
State police at the Fogelsville barracks reported the following crashes:
• A 2017 Dodge Ram 1500 had to be towed from the scene of a crash involving a deer at 5:01 a.m. July 1 on Holbens Valley Road in Lynn Township.
Police said the driver, Todd R. Christopher, 47, of New Tripoli, was uninjured.
Police said he was southbound when the deer entered the roadway from the west and struck the front end of the truck, which went off the right side of the road and hit a utility pole. After impact, the pickup continued south and struck a culvert off the road.
• No one was injured in a pileup at 3:50 p.m. June 27 on Interstate 78 in Lower Macungie Township.
Police said the incident occurred when an unknown vehicle traveling west changed lanes in front of a 2016 Chevrolet Cruze operated by Katarina L. Wasson, 25, of Schnecksville, causing a series of contacts with the Cruze and two other vehicles, a 2018 Audi operated by a 17-year-old boy from Allentown, and a 2024 Mazda driven by Scott D. Green, 55, of Slatington.
Police said the Audi and Mazda were towed from the scene.
• Mary L. Sheaffer, 59, of Lehighton, was injured after a two-vehicle crash at 10:06 a.m. July 1 on Route 22 in Lower Macungie Township.
Police said she did not require an emergency medical services transport from the scene.
They said the crash occurred as Abida Ahman, 65, of Breinigsville, who was uninjured, was driving a 2021 Tesla westbound when she attempted to merge into the left lane and struck a 2024 Jeep Wrangler driven by Sheaffer.
Police said both vehicles were able to be driven from the scene.
Ahman was cited after the crash, according to police.
• A 42-year-old man from New Tripoli is facing charges of driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance after a one-vehicle crash at 11:58 p.m. June 27 on Stone Ridge Road, Weisenberg Township.
Police said he was driving a 2020 Chevrolet Silverado southbound when he came to a stop sign at the intersection with Muse Road, slowed and then accelerated, after which the vehicle traveled off the right side of the road, struck a ditch and then went up a sharply angled embankment.
Police said the Silverado came down the embankment, crossed the road and exited the opposite side of the road. It then went backward up a hill, where its left side struck a utility pole.
Police said the driver pulled the vehicle onto the roadway, blocking both lanes, exited and ran south to his home.
They said he was identified, arrested and taken for a legal blood draw.
He was also cited for unsafe driving, police said.