UPDATE: Victim identified in deadly Stefko Boulevard crash as 24-year-old woman
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - City police are investigating a deadly, one-vehicle car crash on Stefko Boulevard on Sunday night.
It happened just after 6:30 p.m. at Stefko Boulevard and Bayard Street, according to police.
Investigators say speed is believed to have been a factor in the crash as a car hit utility poles.
Bystanders had already removed one person from the vehicle by the time police arrived and were providing first aid, according to police. That victim was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a news release from police Capt. Nicholas Lechman.
A second person in the vehicle had to be removed with help from the Bethlehem Fire Department. That person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries but is expected to survive.
Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the crash to contact Bethlehem Police Department at 610-865-7000 or BethlehemPolice@bethlehem-pa.gov.
Anonymous information can also be provided to the Bethlehem police tip line at 610-691-6660.
Lechman said Stefko Boulevard is expected to remain closed "for an extended period" while police investigate.
The crash happened not far from where another deadly crash occurred in Bethlehem last month. Johny M. Roustic, 51, of East Allen Township, died from injuries in a crash at Pembroke Road and East Washington Avenue on July 17.