Published October 12. 2026 02:45PM<\/p>\n
State police at the Bethlehem barracks reported the following crashes:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Police responded to a hit-and-run crash involving two vehicles at 11:44 a.m. Oct. 5 on Route 873 in Washington Township.<\/p>\n
They said a vehicle traveling north drifted into the opposite lane and sideswiped a 2020 Hyundai Tucson operated south by Andreina Rodriguez, 37, of Slatington, before leaving the scene. Police said the Tucson had minor damages.<\/p>\n
Rodriguez was uninjured in the incident.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Donald J. Doyle Jr., 42, of Slatington, was cited for following too closely following a two-vehicle mishap at 5:08 p.m. Aug. 31 on Route 309 in North Whitehall Township.<\/p>\n
Police said he was driving a 2024 Kia Forte northbound when it \u201crear-ended\u201d a 2016 Kia Optima driven by Leonard J. Buchman, 84, of Hazle Township.<\/p>\n
Police said Marylou Buchman, 82, also of Hazle Township, who was a passenger in the Optima, complained of neck pain but refused a medical services transport from the scene.<\/p>\n
They said the Optima had minor damages. Police said both vehicles were able to be driven from the scene.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Nicole C. Pentland, 39, of Slatington, was cited for \u201cobedience to a traffic control device\u201d following a two-vehicle mishap at 8:54 a.m. Oct. 6 at the intersection of the Friedens and Red Hill roads in Washington Township.<\/p>\n
Police said she was driving a 2021 Jeep Cherokee that proceeded through the intersection without proper clearance and struck a 2015 GMC Acadia driven by Amanda J. Stoeckel, 40, of Slatington.<\/p>\n
Police said both drivers and a 7-year-old girl from Slatington who was a passenger with Pentland were evaluated at the scene for injuries but did not require emergency medical services transports from the scene.<\/p>\n
\u2022 An 8-year-old boy from Slatington who was a passenger in one of three vehicles involved in a crash at 5:56 p.m. Sept. 29 on Mauch Chunk Road, North Whitehall Township, sustained suspected minor injuries.<\/p>\n
Police said he did not require an emergency medical services transport from the scene.<\/p>\n
They said the crash occurred when Eric E. Nelson Jr., 22, of Palmerton, was driving a 2013 Chrysler 300 northbound when he failed to slow for traffic ahead of him. Police said the Chrysler \u201crear-ended\u201d a 2025 Lincoln Aviator, pushing it into the read-end of a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado.<\/p>\n
Police did not provide the names of the drivers of the Aviator and Silverado but said the 8-year-old was a passenger in the Aviator, as were three other children who were uninjured.<\/p>\n
Police said the Chrysler and Aviator had to be towed from the scene while the Silverado had functional rear-end damages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published October 12. 2026 02:45PM State police at the Bethlehem barracks reported the following crashes: \u2022 Police responded…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-305240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305240","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=305240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}