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Man suffers serious injuries on Turnpike

LEHIGH COUNTY, PA – Around 4:00 PM on Monday, August 22, Lehigh County 9-1-1 dispatched Stations 9 (Friedens), 29 (Walnutport) and 67 (NOVA EMS) to Interstate 476 (Northeast Extension of PA Turnpike) in the area of mile marker 64 South bound for a motor vehicle accident with rescue. Medic 6791 responded and was advised of multiple calls being received for a vehicle rollover that traveled off the Turnpike and into a yard on Tannery Road.  The callers were reporting one male trapped in the vehicle, unconscious.   Medic 6791 and Ambulance 6793 arrived on scene and accessed the scene from … Continue reading

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One injured as car strikes light and pole

LEHIGH COUNTY, PA – Just after noon on Monday, August 22, Lehigh County 9-1-1 dispatched Station 22 (Schnecksville) and Station 67 (NOVA EMS) to the intersection of PA Route 309 and Clauss Road in North Whitehall Township for a motor vehicle accident with injuries. Chief 2201 responded and was advised of a single vehicle accident versus a pole with one female patient injured.  Chief 2202 arrived on scene moments later and confirmed a single vehicle into a pole on 309.  Route 309 Command was established.   Assistant EMS Chief 6702 arrived on scene and initiated patient care.  He found one … Continue reading

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Six injured in North Whitehall MVA

  LEHIGH COUNTY, PA – Six people were transported to local hospitals following a motor vehicle accident Thursday evening.   Lehigh County 9-1-1 dispatched Station 26 (Tri-Clover) and EMS 67 (Northern Valley) for two units just after 6:30 PM on May 26 to the intersection of Mauch Chunk Road and Cedar Crest Boulevard in North Whitehall Township.   Chief 2601 (Johnson) went responding and was advised of a two vehicle accident with up to eight people injured.  Fire Police Captain 2609 arrived on scene shortly after and stated he had a patient with facial lacerations.   Medic 6791 arrived on … Continue reading

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Crews search Lehigh River for missing woman

  LEHIGH COUNTY, PA – Rescuers from multiple fire companies worked together to search for a missing woman along the Lehigh River in North Whitehall Township.  At 8:25 PM on Wednesday, May 26, Lehigh County 9-1-1 dispatched Stations 12 (Laurys Station), 22 (Schnecksville), 67 (Northern Valley EMS), North Whitehall Rescue and  Northampton County Station 47 (Lehigh Township) to the Treichlers Bridge on Route 145 for a swift water rescue.   Engine 1211 was the first unit responding and was advised they were going to be looking for a female in her 50s who was last seen in a blue canoe … Continue reading

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