{"id":61932,"date":"2025-12-16T02:51:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T02:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/61932\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T02:51:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T02:51:27","slug":"alleged-dui-driver-charged-in-4-vehicle-crash-that-seriously-injured-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/61932\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged DUI driver charged in 4-vehicle crash that seriously injured woman"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Lehigh County woman faces felony charges in a September 2025 four-vehicle crash that seriously injured another driver, authorities say.<\/p>\n

Hannah Lipkin, 24, of the 800 block of Lawrence Street in Salisbury Township near Bethlehem, was arraigned on 13 counts and released on $50,000 bond.<\/p>\n

Lipkin\u2019s aggressive driving while under the influence caused the wreck Sept. 7 on Riverview Drive (Route 145) in Lehigh Township, Northampton County<\/a> District Attorney Stephen Baratta said in a news release Monday.<\/p>\n

Lehigh Township police<\/a> investigating the crash that occurred about 6:30 p.m. reviewed rear-facing dashboard camera footage that they say captured Lipkin\u2019s driving and the collisions. <\/p>\n

The video shows Lipkin make an illegal turn out of McDonald\u2019s onto Main Street in Walnutport and merge onto southbound Riverview Drive behind the dash-cam vehicle, investigators said.<\/p>\n

Lipkin can be seen driving onto the center yellow lines and shoulder, accelerating and tailgating, according to court records.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring this, Lipkin\u2019s vehicle was so close that the camera captures her taking both hands off the steering wheel, placing them on her head and appearing to yell,\u201d the news release from Baratta\u2019s office states.<\/p>\n

Approaching Treichlers, in the 100 block of Riverview Drive, Lipkin crossed onto the northbound side of the road, according to police. <\/p>\n

Her 2021 Hyundai Kona collided with a northbound 2025 Subaru Impreza, causing the Hyundai to also collide with a southbound 2025 Toyota Prius and northbound 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander, police said.<\/p>\n

The driver of the Mitsubishi suffered numerous injuries including a femur fracture, nasal bone fractures, compression of a thoracic vertebra, fractures to the sacrum and pelvis, laceration of the kidney and bruises, according to court records.<\/p>\n

Lipkin also was taken to an area hospital, where a blood draw showed levels of ethanol (alcohol), THC (the intoxicating component of marijuana), and cocaine and a cocaine byproduct, according to investigators.<\/p>\n

She was arraigned Friday before District Judge Robert Hawke on felony counts of aggravated assault by vehicle and aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI; misdemeanor DUI charges; and summary vehicle offenses.<\/p>\n

A bondsman posted $50,000 bail for Lipkin\u2019s release, with a preliminary hearing tentatively scheduled for Dec. 30 to determine if there is sufficient evidence to send the charges toward trial in the Northampton County Court of Common Pleas.<\/p>\n

Lipkin\u2019s attorney did not immediately return a call for comment.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s release from the district attorney\u2019s office states that \u201cBaratta is committed to combating aggressive driving and road rage by prioritizing enforcement and accountability for dangerous driving behaviors. <\/p>\n

\u201cSpeeding, tailgating, and weaving through traffic are aggressive driving behaviors that can reduce reaction time and endanger not only the driver, but also other motorists and pedestrians,\u201d the statement continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Lehigh County woman faces felony charges in a September 2025 four-vehicle crash that seriously injured another driver,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-61932","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61932","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=61932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}