State Police officials are investigating after, they said, a 50-year-old man was killed on Sunday morning after he was struck by a vehicle headed the wrong way along I-476 in Northampton County.
According to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office, the incident happened at about 9:09 a.m. Sunday morning when the victim, riding a 2016 Harley Davidson motorcycle, was headed northbound along I-476 at mile marker 67.1, in Washington Township.
As the victim, a man from Bristol -- who police have not provided further identifying information on -- was traveling with about five other motorcycle riders, he was struck by a 2019 Honda HR-V driven by a 24-year-old woman from Perth Amboy, New Jersey, that was headed south in the northbound lanes, officials said.
The woman, police officials said, suffered minor injuries in this incident.
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A 24-year-old man, also from Bristol, was also injured in the crash, officials said.
The coroner's office said the was pronounced at the scene on Sunday morning at about 10:10 a.m.
Officials did not immediately provide further information on this incident, did not say if other riders were injured or if the driver of the vehicle that struck and killed the victim would face charges in this incident.
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However, officials said an investigation is ongoing and an autopsy would be conducted on Monday, March 31, 2025.
Police officials are asking anyone who may have witnessed this crash to contact the Pennsylvania State Police Troop T Pocono Station at (570) 443-9511 and reference Incident Number PA2025-379419.
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