UPPER SAUCON TWP., Pa. – The Lehigh County Coroner’s Office has identified the man who died after a crash earlier this week in Upper Saucon Township.
21-year-old Andy Uruchima Lema of Allentown was a front-seat passenger in a vehicle that hit a utility pole in the 1800 block of Flint Hill Road just after 9 p.m. Monday.
Monday night at approximately 9:15 p.m., emergency responders were dispatched to a single-vehicle crash on Flint Hill Road, just east of the intersection with Forest Drive.
Uruchima Lema was pronounced dead at St. Luke’s – Bethlehem a short time later.
The vehicle was traveling eastbound at approximately 30 mph when the tires, described by the operator as being in “poor condition,” lost traction, according to a news release from the Upper Saucon Township Police Department.
Police said the car spun sideways and collided with a utility pole on the opposite side of the roadway.
Authorities say two other people were injured in the crash. They were taken to the hospital for treatment but no update on their conditions has been given.
The Lehigh County Coroner’s Office, the Upper Saucon Township Police Department, and the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office are jointly investigating the incident.