Crime & Safety

Man Killed in Route 22 Crash Sunday

A 24-year-old Bushkill Township man was killed early Sunday when his car crashed on Route 22 in Bethlehem.

Joshua R. Kortze, 24, of 538 Roberts Road, Bushkill Township was killed early Sunday when his car crashed on Route 22 in Bethlehem, according to the Lehigh County Coroner.

Kortze was driving east on 22 from the Route 378 north ramp at 3:35 a.m. His death was a result of blunt force trauma and has been ruled an accident.

He was pronounced dead at 4:17 a.m. Sunday at St. Luke's University Hospital, Fountain Hill.

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Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the accident.

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