By Associated Press - Monday, June 22, 2020

COPLAY, Pa. (AP) - A crash involving a delivery truck and a motorcycle killed two people over the weekend in eastern Pennsylvania, authorities said.

State police in Bethlehem said the truck veered off the road while trying to negotiate a turn on Route 145 in North Whitehall Township just after 3 p.m. Sunday.

The southbound truck swerved into oncoming traffic and collided with a northbound motorcycle, killing 55-year-old Robert O’Rourke and 54-year-old Mary O’Rourke of Allentown, police said. The 22-year-old truck driver was taken to a hospital for treatment.



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