{"id":171359,"date":"2026-04-21T01:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T01:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/171359\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T01:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T01:13:07","slug":"police-pedestrian-seriously-injured-in-lehigh-county-accident-northern-lehigh-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/171359\/","title":{"rendered":"Police: Pedestrian seriously injured in Lehigh County accident | Northern Lehigh County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Police: Pedestrian seriously injured in Lehigh County accident\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"828\" height=\"466\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69e6cd431a13d.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    Rich Rolen | for WFMZ-TV<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON TWP., Pa. &#8211; Emergency crews responded to an accident involving a pedestrian with severe injuries Monday afternoon in Washington Township.<\/p>\n<p>According to 911 dispatchers, the call came in at 4:39 p.m. for a crash on Route 873 between Phillips Road and Glencrest Road.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Pedestrian seriously injured in Lehigh County accident\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"828\" height=\"466\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69e6cd992e468.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    Rich Rolen | for WFMZ-TV<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania State Police say a pedestrian was struck by a 2018 Chevrolet Colorado. The victim was transported to Lehigh Valley Hospital\u2013Cedar Crest with serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Pennsylvania State Police say a pedestrian was struck by a 2018 Chevrolet Colorado\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"828\" height=\"466\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69e6ce1441c7d.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    Rich Rolen | for WFMZ-TV<\/p>\n<p>Reconstruction crews were called to the scene, and officials say that work should be wrapping up shortly. The roadway had been closed during the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>State police say the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rich Rolen | for WFMZ-TV WASHINGTON TWP., Pa. &#8211; Emergency crews responded to an accident involving a pedestrian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[76934,1874,119,121,120,2376,23865,28,13364],"class_list":["post-171359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-911-dispatch","tag-accident","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-emergency-crews","tag-pennsylvania","tag-washington-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171359","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=171359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}