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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Oops, U.S. Luge Team Sleds Fell Off Truck

Sleds used by the U.S. Luge Team fell off a truck and were picked up by someone, according to state police.

Pennsylvania state police at the Bethlehem barracks have recovered sleds lost by the U.S. Luge Team after the equipment fell off a truck and was picked up by someone on Feb. 15. The person who found the sleds contacted police after seeing press reports about the incident, state police said Friday. The luge team has been notified and will make arrangements to get their equipment back, police said. The team, based in Lake Placid, N.Y., was training on a Lehigh Valley ski slope last week and was on the way back to a hotel. The rear door of a truck carrying their sleds was not securely fastened and fell open. The sleds fell off the truck in the area of Airport Road and Old Carriage Road in East Allen Township, Northampton County, according to …

Wallst

9:37 am on Friday, February 22, 2013

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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Fatal Crash Caused By Speed on 378 Ramp, Cops Say

Police have released details of a Jan. 27 crash that killed a Nazareth area man

The crash that killed Joshua Kortze, 24, of the Nazareth area on Jan. 27 happened when he was speeding around a curve on the Route 378 off ramp to get onto Route 22 in Bethlehem, police say. Kotze's 2007 Subaru Impreza began to spin clockwise as he took the curve and he then counter steered, sending the car spinning in the other direction where it went off the road and hit a PennDOT highway sign, according to details of the accident released this week by state police of the Bethlehem barracks. The car then went northeast and hit a concrete median. Kortze was pronouned dead at St. Luke's University Hospital.

Rachel Thompson

8:36 am on Sunday, February 10, 2013

People drive like maniacs on 378. If you go the speed limit on that road you take your life into your hands- you'll either be run off the road or the dirty looks will melt your car. Mr. Hot Rod had it coming. It's a wonder more don't crash.   more ›

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