SOUTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A 79-year-old Allentown man has died from injuries sustained in a crash this month, the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office said Wednesday.
Jack A. Henriquez died at 1:35 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Coroner Dan Buglio said in a release.
Henriquez was involved in a multi-car crash at about 7 p.m. July 11 near Broadway and Springhouse Road in the township. His cause of death was multiple blunt force trauma, Buglio said.
In addition to the coroner’s office, the South Whitehall Township Police Department and the Lehigh County District Attorney’s office are investigating.
Fatalities this month
The Lehigh Valley has seen a spate of fatal crashes on area roadways this month.
Among them:
- Thomas Hess, 76, died in a crash on July 4 near Shantz Road and Cetronia Road in Upper Macungie Township while operating a pedal-assist electric bicycle.
- Dennis Smith, 82, died July 11 in a three-vehicle crash at Route 100 and West Tilghman Street in Upper Macungie Township.
- Kassandra Milkewicz, 36, died July 14 in a multi-vehicle crash on Route 309 at Mountain Road in Lynn Township.
- Rufus Martin, 52, died July 16 —11 days after he was struck by a vehicle while operating a scooter on North 8th Street, just north of W. Chew Street in Allentown.
In addition, a motorist was shot and killed July 6 after he attacked another driver in a road rage incident in Allentown.
Tamir Johnson, 35, of Whitehall Township, died of a gunshot wound to the torso.
The driver who fatally shot Johnson was justifiably defending himself and will not face charges, the district attorney’s office announced earlier this week.
Surveillance footage showed two vehicles — an Audi driven by Johnson and a Toyota Prius driven by an unidentified man — involved in an altercation leading up to the shooting, authorities have said.