State police at the Bethlehem barracks reported the following crashes:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Anthony Martinez Ortiz, 29, of Slatington, and Sheyliana Narvaez Diaz, 26, of Allentown, were injured in a four-vehicle, chain-reaction crash at 6:22 a.m. Jan. 14 on Route 22 in Whitehall.<\/p>\n
Police said Martinez was transported by personnel from the Cetronia Ambulance Corps to the Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest Campus, Salisbury Township.<\/p>\n
Narvaez Diaz, who was a passenger with Martinez Ortiz, was also taken there by the same corps for treatment. Police said the severity of her injuries are unknown, police said.<\/p>\n
They said the crash occurred when Martinez Ortiz was driving a 2020 Mitsubishi eastbound and was following a 2017 Honda HRV operated by Kilsis P. Perez Pena, 35, of Allentown, striking its back because of traffic congestion. After the initial impact, the Mitsubishi \u201crear-ended\u201d a 2016 Chevrolet Sonic driven by Kristin R. Mankos, 40, of Allentown, pushing it sideways, police said.<\/p>\n
Police said Sonic then hit a 2024 Volvo operated by Bakhtiyor Kakhkhorov, 35, of Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>\n
The Honda, Mitsubishi and Sonic were towed from the scene.<\/p>\n
Police said Martinez Ortiz was cited for following too closely.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Michael G. Wotring, 69, of Schnecksville, was cited for after a two-vehicle crash at 2:45 p.m. Jan. 13 at the intersection of Glencrest Road and Route 873 in Washington Township. No one was injured in the incident.<\/p>\n
Police said the crash occurred when Wotring was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Malibu that failed to yield the right of way and struck the left rear side of a 2010 Subaru Legacy driven by Jennifer A. King, 48, of Slatington, as she was southbound on Route 873.<\/p>\n
The Legacy was towed from the scene.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Police said Anthony Dougherty, 40, of Slatington, is facing charges of driving under the influence of alcohol after a two-vehicle crash at 12:26 a.m. Dec. 23 at the intersection of Clearview and Old Post roads in North Whitehall Township.<\/p>\n
Police said he was driving a 2015 Ford Escape that was involved in the crash with a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu operated by a 60-year-old Allentown man.<\/p>\n
They did not provide any further details of the crash.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Eric D. Segarra, 38, of Bethlehem, was cited after a one-vehicle crash at 1:09 p.m. Jan. 18 on Newside Road, Heidelberg Township. No one was injured in the incident.<\/p>\n
Police said the crash occurred as he was driving a 2024 Ram 3500 truck northbound when it lost traction due to road conditions, sliding off the roadway and hitting a utility pole.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Connor J. Blawn, 24, of New Tripoli, had \u201cpossibly injuries\u201d after a one-vehicle crash at 3:48 a.m. Jan. 19 on Brook Street in North Whitehall Township.<\/p>\n
Police said he refused a medical services transport from the scene.<\/p>\n
They said he was driving a 2011 Honda Pilot southbound when he lost control of it in snowy conditions. The vehicle left the road and hit a utility pole. The vehicle was towed from the scene.<\/p>\n
Police said Blawn sustained a minor head injury.<\/p>\n
He was cited for failure to drive at a safe speed, police said.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Brian C. Riggins, 22, of New Tripoli, was cited for failure to drive at a safe speed after a one-vehicle crash at 10:19 p.m. Jan. 19 on Route 309 in Heidelberg Township.<\/p>\n
Police said he was driving a 2018 Ford Focus eastbound when he lost control of it. The car left the roadway and hit a utility pole. The car was towed from the scene.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Makail J. Crawford, 27, of Philadelphia, is facing charges of driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance after a one-vehicle crash at 9:46 p.m. Jan. 20 on Route 309 in Heidelberg Township. He was uninjured in the incident.<\/p>\n
Police said he was driving a 2012 Chevrolet Cruze southbound when he lost control on a right curve in the roadway. The car exited the road and hit a utility pole before continuing into a snow-covered field.<\/p>\n
The pole was snapped in half and landed across the roadway, bringing down wires, police said. The road was closed for an extended period of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"State police at the Bethlehem barracks reported the following crashes: \u2022 Anthony Martinez Ortiz, 29, of Slatington, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-106215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106215","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=106215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}