Northampton, PA : Whitehall woman killed in head-on crash on Cherryville Road in Allen Township on Monday, May 2, 2016
Northampton, Pennsylvania
A 60-year-old Whitehall Township woman was killed Monday after a two-vehicle collision on Cherryville Road in Allen Township.
State police said Debra Jean Stettler was rescued from the wreckage and rushed to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, where she was pronounced dead. The other driver, 18-year-old Brianna Patricia Butto of Walnutport, was also taken to Cedar Crest with serious injuries, according to state police.
Butto was southbound on the 3800 block of Cherryville Road and Stettler was northbound about 12:10 p.m. when Butto's car crossed into the northbound lanes and smashed head-on into Stettler's vehicle, state police said..
Firefighters from Northampton, Allen and Lehigh Township fire companies pulled Stettler from the wreckage. She was pronounced dead about 1:30 p.m., officials said.
State police are investigating and they expect to release more information later.
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Whitehall woman killed in head-on crash; state police investigating