Crime & Safety
Update: Driver ID'd in Fatal Truck Crash On I-78
Two tractor trailers crashed and one caught fire causing the closure of I-78 east in Upper Macungie Township on Monday morning. One person was killed in the accident.
State Police at Foglesville reported Lucas Cramer, 31, of Duncannon, Pa., as the driver of a tractor-trailer killed in a morning accident in the area of Interstate 78 and Route 100 in Upper Macungie Township, according to a report on WFMZ.com.
According to the report, a tractor trailer driven by Cramer smashed into the back of a truck driven by James Sherry while traveling east on Interstate 78.
According to the report, police said the two vehicles traveled 300 feet before rolling down an embankment.
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The first emergency call came in at 4:20 a.m. reporting a truck fire at the Home Depot warehouse on Nestle Way.
Interstate 78 east in Lehigh County was closed between the Route 100 and New Smithville exits.
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