Arrest made in New Year’s crash that killed woman and her 1-year-old son
Updated Jan 08, 2021;
Lazarus Roldan, 31, of Allentown, surrendered to authorities.
He was charged with two counts of accidents involving death, accidents involving damage to a vehicle or property, and summary charges including failing to give information and render aid.
Roldan was sent to Lehigh County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.
Police were called at about 2:44 a.m. Jan. 1 for a crash in the 1200 block of South Eighth Street in Allentown, and found the wreckage of a BMW and a Trailblazer.
Kisha Cora, 22, and her 1-year-old son were in the BMW with two other people, police said. Roldan was driving the Trailblazer.
Driver fleeing troopers hits car, rolls his SUV about 5 times, police say
Updated Jan 02, 2021;
A man fleeing from Pennsylvania troopers ran a red light and crashed into a car, causing his own vehicle to roll over about five times, according to police.
Christopher R. Karc, 43, of Breinig Run Circle in Upper Macungie Township, faces felonies among 18 charges filed against him in the Dec. 4 incident, authorities said.
In a news release Friday, Pennsylvania State Police said troopers were trying to stop Karc for a minor traffic violation about 1 a.m. on Lenape Road near Grange Road in Upper Macungie Township.
Karc allegedly failed to stop and sped off, committing numerous traffic offenses while attempting to elude police, according to the release.
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Dec. 30, 2020
Blink Charging Co., an owner, operator and provider of electric vehicle charging equipment and services, has signed an exclusive seven-year agreement with Lehigh Valley Health Network to own and operate charging stations across the health network s locations, according to a press release.
The agreement allows Blink to deploy EV chargers across LVHN s hundreds of health care facilities, including hospitals, health centers, physician practices, rehabilitation locations, ExpressCARE sites and other outpatient care locations throughout Pennsylvania. Under this agreement, Blink will own and operate the charging stations.
The deployments began with the first Level 2 fast-charging stations at Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Six additional chargers are scheduled to be deployed in 2020 at LVH-Muhlenberg, and six at its soon-to-open LVH-Hecktown Oaks campus in early 2021. The remainder of the initial 219 chargers will be deployed
More electric vehicle charging stations coming to Lehigh Valley Health Network facilities
Updated Dec 27, 2020;
More Lehigh Valley Health Network campuses are expected to receive electric vehicle charging stations in 2021.
Blink Charging initially installed the first Level 2 fast-charging stations at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Salisbury Township. Six additional chargers are scheduled to be installed at the Muhlenberg campus in Allentown and another six at the soon-to-open Hecktown Oaks campus in Lower Nazareth Township by early 2021.
The remainder of the healthcare network’s 219 chargers are expected to be installed throughout 2021, a Blink Charging representative said.
The charging stations will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Blink, one of the nation’s leading EV charging equipment providers, will own and operate the chargers, as well as handle customer transactions, under the seven-year agreement with Lehigh Valley Health.
David McKeown / Staff Photographer A covid-19 safety sign alerts motorist that a covid-19 safety plan is in effect at the Interstate 78 bridge project along Industrial Drive, Tilden Township, on Monday, April 27, 2020. Workers could be seen at the site continuing the the Interstate 78 and Route 61 upgrade. The project includes reconstructing and reconfiguring the ramps that connect Route 61 and I-78 at Exit 29 in Tilden Township, rehabilitating and widening the 1,802-foot I-78 bridge over the Schuylkill River in the township and Hamburg, replacing the 160-foot Route 61 bridge over I-78 in Tilden Township and widening and rehabilitating a 143-foot span of the I-78 bridge over Port Clinton Avenue in Hamburg.