A 20-year-old man from Bethlehem died in a one-vehicle crash Friday night at about 10 o’clock on the Weaversville Road in Allen Township.

State police at the Bethlehem barracks said Daniel Gutierrez was pronounced dead at the scene by a representative of the Northampton County Coroner’s Office.

They said Guttierrez was driving a 2020 Honda Civic north on Weaversville Road at a high rate of speed when he attempted to travel into the opposite lane of travel to pass multiple vehicles. Police said as the car crested a slight uphill, the driver was apparently unable to see oncoming traffic traveling towards the Civic, at which time he lost control of the car. It crossed back into the northbound, exited the roadway and struck a utility pole.

Following the initial impact, the vehicle continued through a cornfield where it overturned multiple times, coming to rest east of Weaversville Road.

The car was removed from the scene by a local towing service.

In addition to the coroner’s office, police were assisted at the scene by personnel from the Allen Township Fire Department, Northampton Regional EMS corps, Northampton Regional Fire Department, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and PPL.

Police said Weaversville Road was closed for about four hours after the crash for investigating purposes.