{"id":101662,"date":"2026-01-31T16:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T16:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/101662\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T16:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T16:13:07","slug":"route-22-flying-ice-chunk-smashes-through-windshield-injures-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/101662\/","title":{"rendered":"Route 22 flying ice chunk smashes through windshield, injures driver"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Friday afternoon crash on Route 22 in Northampton County that officials say was caused by a chunk of ice flying off a vehicle is prompting an urgent reminder for motorists to fully clear ice and snow from their vehicles.<\/p>\n

The single-vehicle crash occurred shortly after 12:30 p.m. on Route 22 westbound in Bethlehem Township when the ice smashed through the windshield of another vehicle,\u00a0resulting in the driver being sent to the hospital, according to a Facebook post by the Bethlehem Township Volunteer Fire Company<\/a>. .<\/p>\n

In the post, the fire company gave motorists a stern reminder that they are legally responsible for removing all ice and snow from their vehicles.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot emphasize enough that it is the driver\u2019s responsibility \u2014 and a legal requirement \u2014 to remove snow and ice from their vehicle,\u201d the department said. \u201cThis incident could have been much worse, luckily the driver was transported to the hospital with only minor injuries.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The fire company reminded motorists about Christine\u2019s Law, state legislation passed in 2022<\/a> in honor of Christine Lambert, a Palmer Township resident who died in 2005 after ice fell from a truck and smashed through the windshield of her vehicle on Route 209 in Carbon County on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n

Under the law, drivers can be fined $50 for not clearing their vehicles, even if no snow or ice falls off.\u00a0If snow or ice falls from a vehicle and causes death or serious injury, the driver can be fined up to $1,500.<\/p>\n

Pa. Senate finally passes bill requiring drivers to clear snow and ice from trucks \u2014 16 years after a deadly Lehigh Valley tragedy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Friday afternoon crash on Route 22 in Northampton County that officials say was caused by a chunk…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,1994,202,182,139,434,28,432,2155],"class_list":["post-101662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-bethlehem-township","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-northampton-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-top-stories-tmc","tag-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}