On July 2, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan and Whitehall Township Police Chief Michael Marks announced charges in a 2025 fatal crash.

Harrison Odere, 51, of Whitehall Township, has been charged with felony counts of homicide by vehicle, hit and run causing death or serious bodily injury and misdemeanor charges of involuntary manslaughter and summary charges of reckless driving, careless driving, duty to give information and render aid and traffic control signals.

Odere was arraigned July 1 before Magisterial District Judge Todd Heffelfinger and is free on $50,000 unsecured bail. Odere’s preliminary hearing was scheduled for July 7.

According to reports, around 1:15 p.m. Dec. 31, 2025, Whitehall police were called to a crash involving a vehicle and a bicycle at the intersection of MacArthur Road and Sutler Drive. Officers found the victim, identified as 39-year-old Nickolas Andrew Siegfried, near that location.

Siegfried died from multiple blunt force trauma due to bicycle/motor vehicle collision, and his death was ruled accidental by the Lehigh County coroner’s office.

The investigation revealed Siegfried had been crossing MacArthur Road on a bicycle traveling east to west from the westbound lane of Sutler Drive when he was struck by a sport utility vehicle driven by Odere. Witnesses identified the vehicle and said it failed to stop after the crash and fled the scene, according to the news release from the DA’s office.

A Whitehall Township officer responding to the crash saw an SUV matching the description of the one involved in the fatal crash that was located about a half-mile away. The SUV had a smashed windshield and was driven by Odere.

The investigation showed Odere’s vehicle failed to stop at a steady red light and did not attempt to brake or slow down before or after the collision, Holihan said.

This case was investigated by Whitehall Township Police Sgt. Ronald Kester and will be prosecuted by Chief Deputy District Attorney V. Paul Bernardino III.