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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.
It wouldn’t be fall without apples, and fall in the Saucon Valley wouldn’t be quite the same without the Lower Saucon Township Historical Society’s annual Apple Festival.
Lower Saucon Township Police announced Friday that they are investigating the theft of two dirt bikes from a property in the 2500 block of Apple Street.
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.”
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.
Donna K. Natterman, 65, of Lower Saucon Township died Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Fountain Hill. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown, Pa.
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.