Crime & Safety
Driver Swerves to Avoid Animal, Hits Parked Car, Police Say
No injuries reported in Sugarberry Road crash Monday morning.
Upper Macungie police say an Allentown man hit a parked car early Monday when he swerved to avoid hitting an animal on Sugarberry Drive.
According to police, John Dowdell, 59, was heading south on Sugarberry near Schantz Road around 5:42 a.m. when he saw the animal and hit a parked Ford Focus with his SUV.
No injuries were reported, but the Ford was towed by Faust Towing.
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