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Pennsylvania State Police at Belfast are seeking witnesses to a recent hit-and-run crash that occurred on I-78 west near mile marker 71.5 in Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County.
State police said the driver of the vehicle whose abrupt merge triggered the accident “continued traveling west and did not make any contact with the involved vehicles.”
Five volunteer fire companies in Centre County are participating in a state study to determine how better collaboration among them might alleviate some cost and staffing challenges.
A two-vehicle crash on I-78 westbound in Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County, occurred after traffic in the area of the accident began to “slow for an unknown reason,” Pennsylvania State Police at Belfast said in a report.
A pickup driven by a 75-year-old Easton man was damaged in a hit-and-run crash on Rt. 33 near the I-78 interchange, Pennsylvania State Police at Belfast said in a news release.
State Police resumed collecting traffic stop data in 2021 after a Spotlight PA investigation found the department stopped tracking the information a decade ago.
Police say it wasn’t a greasy trail or a rancid odor that tipped them off to a vehicle that was allegedly loaded with hundreds of gallons of stolen cooking oil, but rather alleged traffic violations on I-78 in Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County.
Lower Saucon Township Police are asking for the public’s help with identifying the driver of a vehicle that struck a pedestrian on Easton Road Aug. 31. A $10,000 reward is being offered by an area business for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the responsible party.
August was a busy month for the state troopers from PSP-Belfast who patrol I-78 in Northampton County, where according to reports they responded to numerous crashes.
Several local roads became paths to escape for a pack of motorcycle riders this Labor Day weekend, according to Pennsylvania State Police at Dublin.
Pennsylvania State Police at Dublin say a Lower Saucon Township woman who allegedly drove away from a convenience store gas pump with the hose still inside her vehicle’s gas tank Aug. 23 has been charged with DUI and other charges.
