Woman killed while crossing road outside Allentown is identified
Updated Dec 10, 2020;
Posted Dec 10, 2020
Responders prepare to reopen Race Street in Hanover Township, Lehigh County, the morning of Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, after 50-year-old Rachael Patterson, of Allentown, was struck and killed by a driver.Mike Nester | lehighvalleylive.com contributor
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Patterson was struck by a vehicle about 6:10 a.m. as she crossed Race Street near Cascade Drive in Hanover Township, authorities said.
She was taken by ambulance to St. Luke’s University Hospital, Fountain Hill, where she was pronounced dead at 6:47 a.m. The cause was multiple traumatic injuries, and the death was ruled an accident, Coroner Eric Minnich said in a news release.