{"id":44738,"date":"2025-11-26T00:31:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T00:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/44738\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T00:31:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T00:31:28","slug":"3-injured-after-car-wraps-around-utility-pole-in-upper-saucon-township-crash-southern-lehigh-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/44738\/","title":{"rendered":"3 injured after car wraps around utility pole in Upper Saucon Township crash | Southern Lehigh County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U. SAUCON TWP., Pa. &#8211; Monday night at approximately 9:15 p.m., emergency responders were dispatched to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/news\/area\/lehighvalley\/lehigh-county\/southern-lehigh-county\/car-heavily-damaged-after-crash-in-upper-saucon\/article_230e0633-58fc-455b-9808-39304ad01c71.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">single-vehicle crash on Flint Hill Road<\/a>, just east of the intersection with Forest Drive.<\/p>\n<p>A recent press release from the Upper Saucon Township Police Department revealed further details of the accident.<\/p>\n<p>According to the operator, the vehicle was traveling eastbound at approximately 30 mph when the tires\u2014described by the operator as being in \u201cpoor condition\u201d\u2014lost traction.<\/p>\n<p>The car subsequently spun sideways and collided with a utility pole on the opposite side of the roadway.<\/p>\n<p>A nearby resident reported hearing a loud screeching sound followed immediately by a crash.<\/p>\n<p>Upon inspection of the scene, investigators observed that the vehicle\u2019s tires were found to be significantly worn.<\/p>\n<p>Police say a 20-year-old man sustained a head injury and was transported to Lehigh Valley Hospital\u2013Cedar Crest by ambulance. A woman, 22, sustained an undetermined injury and was also transported to Lehigh Valley Hospital\u2013Cedar Crest by ambulance.<\/p>\n<p>Responders say the final person reported injured was a 21-year-old man, who became entrapped between the vehicle and the utility pole. Fire personnel from Upper and Lower Saucon Fire Departments conducted the extrication. He was subsequently transported to St. Luke\u2019s Hospital\u2013Fountain Hill by Upper Saucon EMS.<\/p>\n<p>The car, which sustained disabling damage after wrapping around the utility pole, was removed by tow truck, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p>Flint Hill Road was temporarily closed while first responders and investigators worked to secure the area.<\/p>\n<p>This incident remains under investigation by the Upper Saucon Township Police Department. No additional information is available at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U. SAUCON TWP., Pa. &#8211; Monday night at approximately 9:15 p.m., emergency responders were dispatched to a single-vehicle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,1540,21293,26583,2795,26582,26584],"class_list":{"0":"post-44738","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allentown","8":"tag-allentown","9":"tag-allentown-headlines","10":"tag-allentown-news","11":"tag-car-crash","12":"tag-emergency-responders","13":"tag-poor-tire-condition","14":"tag-upper-saucon-township","15":"tag-utility-pole","16":"tag-vehicle-extrication"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44738","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=44738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}