A 51-year-old man was charged Wednesday in connection with a 2025 deadly hit-and-run in Whitehall Township, according to Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors announced that Harrison Odere was charged with vehicular homicide, hit-and-run causing death or serious bodily injury and other charges in connection with the crash that killed a 39-year-old bicyclist named Nickolas Andrew Siegfried.
Around 1:15 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2025, Whitehall Police were called to a crash involving a car and a bicycle at the intersection of Macarthur Road and Sutler Drive, and found Siegfried nearby.
According to officials, the bicyclist suffered multiple blunt force trauma and his death was ruled accidental by the Lehigh County Coroner.
Investigation later revealed that Siegfried had been crossing Macarthur Road on his bicycle when he was struck by an SUV, driven by Odere.
Witnesses identified the car and said it left the scene of the crash.
A police officer who responded to the crash saw an SUV matching the description of the one involved about half a mile away. The SUV had a smashed windshield, prosecutors said.
Investigators determined that Odere failed to stop at a steady red light and did not try to break or slow down before or after the crash.
Odere was arraigned on July 1 and is free on a $50,000 unsecured bail. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on July 7.