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Driver crashes blocks after encounter with police vehicle, 2 people seriously hurt, authorities say
Updated 10:48 AM;
A car crashed into a tree early Tuesday morning on West Third Street in Bethlehem, moments after an encounter with a police vehicle in Fountain Hill, authorities say.
The female driving and the male in the passenger seat were seriously injured and taken to an area hospital, police from both communities said. The male’s injuries were considered life-threatening but he is now expected to survive, Bethlehem police said.
A Fountain Hill officer had seen the car driving without lights on Broadway, Chief Ed Bachert said. The officer switched on the patrol vehicle’s emergency lights and the car took off up a side street toward Delaware Avenue, Bachert said.