ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A 46-year-old Allentown man hit by a tractor-trailer last week has died, the Lehigh County Coroner said Friday.
The incident occurred about 11:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, in the 700 block of Wet Linden Street when Luis A. Cruz was struck by a tractor-trailer that was backing up, according to a news release.
Cruz died Wednesday, at 4:40 p.m. Nov. 26 in Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest from blunt force injuries, Coroner Dan Buglio said.
The Lehigh County Coroner’s Office and the Allentown Police Department are investigating.
It was the second fatal incident in the city the night of Nov. 21.
Earlier that evening, a 29-year-old pedestrian killed in a hit-and-run on South Fourth Street had confronted the driver after believing the driver had hit the victim’s own vehicle, the district attorney said.
The victim, Rigiberto Hernandez Arias, tracked down the delivery van that he believed had earlier struck his car by following it through the city, said Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan.