ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio said one of the two people who were injured after a high-speed crash led to a vehicle hitting a home in Allentown has died.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This comes as a man involved in the crash is being charged with burglary.<\/p>\n
Kandi Jo Heller, 44, of Slatington, was pronounced dead Wednesday shortly before 10 p.m., Buglio said in a news release.<\/p>\n
Buglio said the cause of death is blunt force injuries, and the manner of death is accident.<\/p>\n
The crash happened shortly after 1 p.m. at the intersection of North 6th Street and Cedar Street, according to Buglio.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn behalf of the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office & Forensic Center, we extend our sincere condolences to Ms. Heller’s family and loved ones as they mourn this tragic loss,\u201d Buglio said.<\/p>\n
Authorities say that at approximately 1:06 p.m., troopers from the Bethlehem Station were dispatched to the scene for a reported crash.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Upon investigation, it was determined that a car operated by a 24-year-old Allentown man was driving at a high rate of speed, according to state police.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The man,\u00a0Kevin Abdiel Santiago, has been charged with burglary, receiving stolen property, and possession of firearm prohibited, Pennsylvania\u00a0State Police said in a news release.<\/p>\n
State police did not immediately release details about the burglary he was alleged to be involved in.<\/p>\n
State police said that car went through a stop sign and broadsided another car.\u00a0 The car that was hit then struck a home near the intersection of the crash due to the impact, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police say that\u00a0Santiago ran from the scene and hid in the neighborhood for more than a half hour before he was caught by troopers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Both occupants of the car that was struck were taken to a local hospital for their injuries, authorities said. One of them,\u00a0Heller, died Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Troopers say\u00a0Heller\u00a0was under multi-agency\u00a0surveillance prior to the crash but have not yet stated why.<\/p>\n
In addition to the coroner’s office, the Pennsylvania State Police Bethlehem Station Patrol Unit and Criminal Investigation Unit, and the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office are investigating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio said one of the two people who were injured after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,6977,107073,433,1224,107072],"class_list":["post-250458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-fatal-crash","tag-kandi-jo-heller","tag-lehigh-county","tag-pennsylvania-state-police","tag-vehicle-into-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250458","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=250458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}