CENTER VALLEY — A vehicle left the road and slammed into a tree in eastern Pennsylvania, killing three people and injuring one other person, authorities said.
The Lehigh County coroner’s office said the crash occurred shortly after 8:30 p.m. Saturday in Upper Saucon Township.
The coroner’s office said two males and a female were pronounced dead at the scene about an hour later. Their identities haven’t been released. Autopsies are planned Monday. The office said Sunday that a fourth person was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, The (Allentown) Morning Call reported.
The crash is under investigation by township police and the county district attorney’s office as well as the coroner’s office. It occurred on a stretch of road flanked by homes built in the 1940s and 1950s as well as the massive Traditions of America at Saucon Valley age-restricted housing development, the paper said.
DeSales University said Sunday that a current student and two alumni of the school were killed, and another student remains hospitalized in critical condition, The (Allentown) Morning Call reported.
“On behalf of the entire DeSales University community, I share our deepest condolences and prayers for the family and friends of the lives we lost,” said The Rev. James Greenfield, president of DeSales. “We also pray for a full recovery for our student who remains hospitalized in critical condition.”
Counseling and campus ministry will be offered to students and a prayer service also is planned, the university said.
