31-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In PA Crash: Lehigh County Coroner
A 31-year-old Stroudsburg man was killed when his motorcycle collided with another vehicle in Monroe County, the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office announced on Friday, Aug. 15.
Matthew R. Hirsch was pronounced dead at 12:34 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 15, at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, according to the coroner’s office.
The crash happened in the area of SR 191 and SR 390 in Paradise Township at about 11 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14, investigators said. Hirsch, who was operating the motorcycle, suffered multiple traumatic injuries in the collision, the coroner’s office detailed.
The manner of de…
Maryland Dad’s Dream Motorcycle Trip Ends In Nightmare Crash 1,200 Miles From Home
What began as a cross-country motorcycle adventure for a group of Maryland friends took a devastating turn when one rider, John Dant, was seriously injured in a crash and left stranded nearly 1,200 miles from home.
Dant and six friends left Maryland on July 25 for “the motorcycle trip of a lifetime,” his friends said, though it took an unexpectedly tragic turn.
The initial plan was to ride through Yellowstone National Park, the Grand Tetons, and eventually make it to Sturgis for the 85th Anniversary Rally.
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But on the morning of July 28, “while leaving Lincoln, Nebraska, Jo…
Bordentown Motorcyclist Killed In Crash 9 Days Before 21st Birthday
Michael Anthony Fisher, Jr., a Bordentown resident, died on Wednesday, Aug. 6, nine days before his 21st birthday on Aug. 15, after he was hit by someone making an illegal turn while he was riding his motorcycle home, his family said.
According to Levittown Now, a 21-year-old Morrisville, PA woman was turning left form West Trenton Avenue onto Pine Grove Road in Morrisville when she struck Fisher on a Lawasaki street bike, traveling in the opposite direction.
Fisher was ejected and rushed to the hospital with critical injuries, where he died, the outlet said. Alcohol and drugs we…
No Charges For NJ State Trooper After Deadly Crash Killed Toms River Man: AG
A grand jury voted not to file criminal charges against a New Jersey State Trooper who was involved in a crash that killed Frank Lando, a 65-year-old Toms River resident, authorities announced Tuesday, Aug. 12.
On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, Trooper Anthony Fernandes was traveling westbound on Route 70 when he observed a speeding vehicle near Burns Mill Road in Southampton traveling eastbound, Attorney General Matthew Platkin said.
Fernandes began to conduct a U-turn across Route 70 to perform a motor-vehicle stop, Platkin said.
While executing the U-turn, a Kawasaki motorcycle traveling west,…
Bowie Motorcyclist Killed In Head-On Crash With BMW In Brookeville, Police Say
A weekend ride ended in tragedy when a motorcyclist lost control and slammed into a BMW along a Maryland roadway, police confirmed.
The victim, 30-year-old Patrick Adam Smith of Bowie, was killed in the crash, which was reported around 6:15 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9, near the 22000 block of New Hampshire Avenue in Brookeville, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police.
Investigators said Smith was heading north on New Hampshire Avenue on his black 2006 Triumph Rocket III when, for reasons still under investigation, he lost control and collided with a silver 2013 BMW 128i travel…
