Area crashes
Area state police reported crashes involving local drivers along roadways in the Lehigh Valley area:
Bethlehem
• A two-vehicle crash was reported at 6:13 p.m. on Feb. 23 along Route 873 in Washington Township, Lehigh County. Troopers identified the drivers involved as Jared D. Keichel, 34, of Slatington, driving a 2010 Subaru Legacy, and Bruce P. Reinhart, 69, also of Slatington, driving a 2000 Mazda B2500. No other details of the crash were given by police.
• A one-vehicle crash was reported at 10:47 a.m. on Feb. 18 along Howertown Road in Allen Township, Northampton County. Troopers said Alicia M. Silfies, 38, of Lehighton, was driving a 2007 Ford Focus southbound when the vehicle hit a large pothole in the road. The car sustained disabling damages and had to be towed.
Silfies and her passenger, Sharon M. Thorpe, 57, of Nesquehoning, were not injured.
• A two-vehicle crash occurred at 6:41 a.m. on Feb. 18 along Route 309 at the intersection with Route 100 in Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County. Troopers said Justin M. Phillips, 21, of Palmerton, was driving a 2012 Suzuki SX4, westbound on 309 while Michael L. Hartzell, 53, of Schnecksville, was driving a 2014 Chevrolet truck eastbound on 309. Phillips was turning left and pulled into the path of Hartzell, who could not avoid a collision, troopers said.
No one was injured.
• A one-vehicle crash was reported at 2:33 p.m. on Feb. 3 along Route 873 in Washington Township. Troopers said Aniya Bonini Rodriguez, 18, of Tamaqua, was driving a 2008 Ford Focus northbound and driving too fast for conditions, troopers said, when her vehicle crossed into the southbound lane and onto the berm where it struck an embankment. The car overturned sideways, striking a road sign, and came to rest upright facing northwestern direction partially in the southbound lane.
Rodriguez was not injured but the vehicle had to be towed.
She was cited for the crash.
• A three-vehicle, rear-end crash, occurred at 4:25 p.m. on Feb. 2 along US22 in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County.
Troopers said Collen M. Ehrig, 28, of Allentown, driving a 2018 Ford Escape, Kathleen A. Fitzgerald, 47, of Jim Thorpe, driving a 2019 Subaru Ascent, and a 17-year-old female from Allentown, driving a 2010 Pontiac Vibe, were all westbound in the right lane. The teen was stopped due to being involved in a prior crash, with Fitzgerald slowing down for the stopped vehicle. Ehrig could not stop in time hitting the rear of Fitzgerald’s vehicle pushing it into the rear of the teen’s vehicle.
No injuries were reported.
The Ford Escape was towed while the other two vehicles sustained minor damages, troopers said.
Ehrig was cited for driving a vehicle at a unsafe speed.
Fogelsville
A three-vehicle crash was reported on Feb. 15 at 10:35 a.m. along Route 100 in Lowhill Township, Lehigh County, involving area drivers.
State police at Fogelsville said Stacey R. Fronheiser, 47, of Kunkletown, was driving a 2011 Dodge Caliber northbound with Gina A. Kidney, 30, of Palmerton, driving a 2013 Honda CRV, behind her. Fronheiser began to slow down due to a traffic light changing to red. Kidney was following too closely and was unable to stop in time with the front of her vehicle hitting the rear of Fronheiser’s vehicle. The front of a 2006 Chevrolet Avalanche, driven by Donald R. Miner, 78, of Coal Township, Northumberland County, then struck the rear of the CRV.
No one was injured. The Honda was towed while the other vehicles were drivable.
Troopers cited Kidney for following too closely.