COOPERSBURG, Pa. — A pedestrian was killed early Sunday when he was hit by a tractor-trailer in Coopersburg, according to authorities.
The 35-year-old Lower Macungie man was identified by the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office as John Doe.
The man has been positively identified, but Coroner Dan Buglio said he would withhold notification pending completion of an autopsy to give the family time to grieve.
Buglio said the man was struck at 3:25 a.m. in the 300 Block of S. 3rd Street, which is Route 309 in the borough. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:25 a.m.
In addition to the coroner’s office, the Coopersburg Police Department, the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office and the Lehigh County Crash Team also are investigating.
Third fatal incident this week
It was the second fatal pedestrian accident in Lehigh County in a week, and third roadway fatality.
A 69-year-old Allentown woman was fatally hit by a car on a city street on the morning of Monday, April 7.
Christie C. Tito died at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest about 9:30 a.m. Monday, four hours after she was hit by a vehicle in the area of Hamilton and Franklin streets, authorities said.
A 21-year-old Allentown man also died from injuries sustained after his car veered off an overpass and landed on Interstate 78.
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.
