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Lester Smith

Sunday, January 20, 2013

$124 Fine and 3 Points for Double-Fatal Wreck

Guilty of two summary driving offenses in Sept. 5 collision that killed an elderly Bethlehem woman and her son, Lester Smith's punishment is a $124 fine and 3 points on his license.

  The lone survivor in a September double-fatal crash that killed an 88-year-old Bethlehem woman and her 67-year-old son pleaded guilty to two summary driving offenses, according to court records. Lester Smith, 51, of Bath was charged Nov. 9 in the head-on collision on Hanoverville Road that killed Gertrude and Clifford Babin Jr. Colonial Regional Police Chief Roy Seiple said a dog traveling with Smith also died. The summary charges, filed by Sgt. John Harmon with Colonial Regional Police, included careless driving and disregarding a traffic lane, court records say. According to a report in The Express Times, Smith had to pay $124 in fines and costs and will receive three points on his license. The Northampton County coroner was called to …

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Carmen

8:53 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013

wow please explain this to me too-how does he get away with just a slap on the wrist   more ›

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Crime News

Careless Driving Charges Issued in Deaths of City Mother and Son

Lester Smith, 51, of Bath was charged with careless driving in Sept. 5 head-on collision on Hanoverville Road that killed Gertrude Babin and Clifford Babin Jr.

  The lone survivor in a September double-fatal crash in Lower Nazareth Township has been charged with two counts of careless driving, according to court records. Lester Smith, 51, of Bath was charged Nov. 9 in the head-on collision on Hanoverville Road that killed Gertrude Babin, 88, and her son, Clifford Babin Jr., 67. Both were from Bethlehem. Colonial Regional Police Chief Roy Seiple said a dog traveling with Smith also died. The summary charges, filed by Sgt. John Harmon with Colonial Regional Police, include careless driving - unintentional death and disregarding a traffic lane, court records say. The Northampton County coroner was called to the scene of a rollover accident in front of 4519 Hanoverville Road -- Hecktown Volunteer …

Jay Bell

1:41 am on Tuesday, January 22, 2013

This is so sad. He will live with the burden of those lost lives for the rest of his life. www.firebrandcentral.com   more ›

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