Thursday, January 17, 2013
For his role in a double-fatal accident in Lower Nazareth, Lester Smith, 51, of Bath will pay $124 in fines and costs and will receive three points on his license, according to published reports.
The lone survivor in a September double-fatal crash in Lower Nazareth Township pleaded guilty to two summary driving offenses, according to court records. Lester Smith, 51, of Bath was charged Nov. 9 in the head-on collision on Hanoverville Road that killed Gertrude Babin, 88, and her son, Clifford Babin Jr., 67. Both were from Bethlehem. Colonial Regional Police Chief Roy Seiple said a dog traveling with Smith also died. The summary charges, filed by Sgt. John Harmon with Colonial Regional Police, included careless driving and disregarding a traffic lane, court records say. According to a report in The Express Times, Smith had to pay $124 in fines and costs and will receive three points on his license. The Northampton County coroner was …
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Overall, 86 of the 1,124 total crashes during the official holiday driving period -- Nov. 21 through Nov. 25 -- were alcohol-related.
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Saturday, December 1, 2012
HARRISBURG -- Thirteen people were killed in crashes investigated by state troopers during the five-day Thanksgiving holiday driving period, State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan announced this week. In addition to the 13 fatalities, 349 people were injured in 1,124 crashes troopers responded to during the official holiday driving period, Wednesday, Nov. 21, through Sunday, Nov. 25. Five of the people killed were not wearing seat belts and two of the 13 fatal crashes were alcohol-related. Overall, 86 of the 1,124 total crashes were alcohol-related. "Drivers must insist that all passengers wear a seat belt. They work best when everyone is buckled and children are properly restrained in the back seat,’’ Noonan said in a press release. State…
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
The Lehigh County coroner identified Gertrude M. Babin, 88, of Bethlehem as one of the two people killed in a two-car accident on Hanoverville Road in Lower Nazareth Township.
The Lehigh County Coroner's officer has identified one of the victims in Wednesday morning's two-car crash in Lower Nazareth Township. Gertrude M. Babin, 88, of Bethlehem was pronounced dead at 10:16 a.m. at St. Luke's University Hospital in Fountain Hill. An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday, according to a press release. A second person traveling in a station wagon with Babin was also killed, according to a report in The Express-Times, but has not been identified. The Northampton County coroner was called to the scene of a rollover accident in front of 4519 Hanoverville Road around 10 a.m. Wednesday. Colonial Regional Police Chief Roy Seiple told The Express-Times that a dog traveling in a pickup truck was also killed. The driver of the …
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
At least one person is dead in a crash on the 3000 block of Newburg Road in Upper Nazareth Township.
A mini-van and the cab of a tractor trailer crashed on the 3000 block of Newburg Road in Upper Nazareth Township early Wednesday evening, leaving at least one person dead. The Northampton County coroner was on the scene as of 5:30 p.m., but officials have not yet said how many people were involved in the accident. Newburg Road is closed at Gun Club Road. Power was knocked out to the immediate area but Med-Ed crews are on the scene. This is the second fatal crash in 15 months on this stretch of Newburg Road. On May 31, 2011, a Walnutport woman driving a First Student, Inc. van crossed the center line -- for unknown reasons -- and collided with a recreational vehicle. The driver of the student van, Kelly Quier, 42, was killed.
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Newburg Rd & Werner Rd, Nazareth, PA
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Monday, March 5, 2012
Thomas J. Frezza, of Upper Nazareth Township, pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle and drunken driving in Northampton County Court Monday.
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Monday, March 5, 2012
The Upper Nazareth man who authorities said caused an accident that killed a Russian friend and co-worker pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle and drunken driving in Northampton County Court Monday, the Morning Call has reported. In court, Thomas J. Frezza, 21, reportedly admitted to leaving a July 2011 Bethlehem party at which he drank heavily, although he said he can't remember leaving or driving up an exit ramp to Route 412 in order to enter I-78. Minutes after entering the highway, Frezza's vehicle collided with a tractor trailer in Lower Saucon Township, killing his passenger, Evgeny Vinogradov, 21. Frezza was sentenced by Judge Edward Smith to two-and-a-half to five years in jail as part of a plea agreement, the Morning Call article…
Friday, February 10, 2012
Michael Powers, 19, a graduate of Nazareth Area High School, was killed when his vehicle hit a building in Forks Township early Friday morning.
Michael Powers, 19, of Shelley Street in Tatamy, was killed in a one-vehicle accident when his car plowed into a commercial building near the intersection of Bushkill Drive and Mitman Road in Forks Township early Friday morning, officials have confirmed. Powers was a 2010 graduate of Nazareth Area High School. Emergency crews were called to the scene shortly after 7 a.m. and the roof of the car reportedly needed to be removed to free the driver, who was apparently already dead when they arrived, according to scanner reports. Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek said that Powers died of multiple blunt force trauma at the scene. The death was ruled an accident, but the investigation into the circumstances that led to the accident is …
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
According to witnesses, Shawnalai Werkheiser, 22, was traveling at a high rate of speed before the one-vehicle crash in Plainfield Township.
A Nazareth woman was killed in a one-vehicle accident Sunday on Route 33 in Plainfield Township, according to state police at Belfast. According to witnesses, Shawnalai Werkheiser, 22, of Wood Street was traveling at a high rate of speed and weaving between lanes before the crash, police said. The accident occurred around noon. Two people -- one of them a nurse -- pulled Werkheiser from her 2000 Honda Civic, according to police and attempted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Werkheiser was pronounced dead at the scene by Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek. In addition to Plainfield Township fire and EMS, Suburban EMS assisted.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Two Nazareth men are in critical condition after an early-morning -- and fatal -- accident in Warren County, N.J., according to a report in The Morning Call.
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Monday, October 3, 2011
Two Nazareth men are in critical condition after an early-morning -- and fatal -- accident on Route 94 in Warren County, N.J., according to a report in The Morning Call. Colton Schadler and Darin Stout, both 22, were flown by helicopter to Morristown Medical Center after the car they were riding in struck a tree around 4:30 a.m. Monday. According to the report, the driver of the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. He was identified as Justin Jaquillard, 22, of Bath. Michael Keller, 23, of Wind Gap, was also critically injured. According to state police, no one in the 2002 Chevy Trailblazer was wearing a seat belt. The report in The Morning Call adds that Keller, who was in the front passenger seat, was ejected from …
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Melissa Garrigan, 41, was killed Sunday morning in a crash on Route 33 in Plainfield Township.
A Bethlehem Township woman was killed Sunday morning in a two-vehicle crash on Route 33 in Plainfield Township, according to State Police in Belfast. According to police, Melissa Garrigan, 41, of the 3900 block of Bruce Lane was driving her 2009 Subaru Forester in the left southbound lane -- between the Belfast and Stockertown exits -- around 8am. Garrigan attempted to pass a 2000 Sterling AT9500 series, heavy duty truck driven by Leroy Altemose, 54, of Saylorsburg. Police say that an unknown portion of the passenger side of Garrigan's car struck the front driver's side wheel of Altemose's vehicle, sending her clockwise and over the west edge of the roadway. The driver's side door of Garrigan's vehicle struck a tree, and she was pronounced…
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Kelly Quier, the driver killed in Tuesday's crash in Upper Nazareth, was employed by First Student Inc. since November 2004.
In a statement to Patch, First Student Inc. confirmed that a company van was involved in a fatal accident in Upper Nazareth Township Tuesday that killed driver Kelly Quier, 42, of Walnutport, and injured two others. “Sadly, our driver has passed away and our hearts go out to the driver’s family and friends at this difficult time,” said Timothy Stokes, a spokesman for First Student. According to Stokes, Quier was a driver for First Student since November 2004 and “was a well-respected member of our team.” Records show Quier had no major driving violations prior to Tuesday’s crash. Stokes added that Quier was not involved in any accidents while she was a driver for First Student. “Local law enforcement is conducting a full investigation and…
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Newburg Rd & Gun Club Rd, Nazareth, PA
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Ben Miller
4:49 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
I guess I missed the section of Patch where it said this was a journalistic endeavor, as opposed to a community message board. What kind of a person picks a story about two people being killed, to complain about the way the article was written? more ›