Assault on a law

enforcement officer causing bodily injury

Someone in a passing vehicle allegedly threw objects in the direction of state troopers at a traffic stop along Interstate 78 East near mile marker 56.0, Salisbury Township, 2:54 a.m. Aug. 24, according to Pennsylvania State Police Fogelsville. The person left the scene “at a high rate of speed,” according to a press release.

Crash

An Allentown motorist was hurt when his pickup truck overturned in a three-vehicle accident involving commercial vehicles along Interstate 78 in Salisbury Township 2:57 p.m. Oct. 20, according to Pennsylvania State Police Fogelsville. The three vehicles were westbound near mile marker 55.4 in Salisbury Township. When a Freightliner Cascadia truck started to slow for stopped traffic, a Peterbilt 389 truck tried to merge from a center lane into a left traffic lane where the pickup was traveling, striking the pickup truck and causing the pickup truck to spin, hit the Freightliner’s trailer and overturn, according to authorities. The pickup driver was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital for treatment. Crews from Yocum Towing and Recovery and Cetronia Ambulance also responded.

DUI

A 26-year-old motorist, of Slatington, was taken into custody for allegedly driving under the influence after a traffic stop in the area of Emmaus Avenue and South Fourth Street, Salisbury Township, 2:53 a.m. Aug. 21, according to Pennsylvania State Police Fogelsville.