UPPER SAUCON TWP., LEHIGH COUNTY — A 21-year-old Allentown man died from injuries sustained after his car veered off an overpass and landed on Interstate 78.
Lehigh County Coroner Dan Buglio said Edwin Noel Diaz was pronounced dead at 1:13 a.m. Friday at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest.
The cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries, Buglio said.
Diaz was the operator of a vehicle that veered from his lane of travel, left the road and landed on I-78 eastbound at mile marker 60.5, the coroner said in a release.
The crash occurred around 8:20 p.m. Thursday.
In addition to the coroner’s office, the Pennsylvania State Police Fogelsville station also is assisting in the investigation.
