Published April 17. 2014 12:00AM
A 65-year-old Walnutport woman died after her vehicle was struck head-by another vehicle at approximately 8:30 a.m. April 12 on Route 145, North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim said.
Jennifer L. Ebert, of 4060 Elm Tree Road, Walnutport was pronounced dead at 2:15 p.m. Saturday in Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township.
An autopsy was performed April 14.
Grim said the cause of Ebert's death is attributed to the severe injuries she received in the crash.
He ruled the manner of her death accidental.
According to State Police Troop M Bethlehem, Courtney Quinn, 19, of Walnutport, was northbound on Route 145, between Neffs Laurys and Clearview roads, when her vehicle crossed the double yellow line and collided head on with Ebert's vehicle, which was southbound.
Quinn and a juvenile female passenger in Ebert's vehicle sustained serious injuries, police say. Ebert and her passenger were both wearing seatbelts, police say, adding it is unknown if Quinn was wearing a seatbelt.
Mechanical means were used to extricate Ebert and Quinn from their vehicles. Both drivers and Ebert's passenger were transported to Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township.
Laurys Station, Neffs, Egypt and Schnecksville fire departments, along with Lehigh Township Fire and Rescue, NOVA, Northampton and Cetronia ambulance corps, MedEvac One from LVH, Troop M Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Specialists and Forsenic Services units and Lehigh County District Attorney's Office assisted at the scene. The crash remains under investigation.