LEHIGH COUNTY, PA. (THECOUNT) — Margaret Rice, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, has been identified as the victim in a fatal Thursday vehicle crash in Lehigh County.
“Maggie” Rice, 66, was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Allentown Thursday evening.
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According to reports, Rice was operating a vehicle on Lehigh Street near Wyoming Street in Allentown, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited the roadway around 4 p.m. Thursday. The vehicle then made contact with a utility pole.
Rice was transported to an area hospital where she was later pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Lehigh County is a county located in the Lehigh Valley region of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 349,497. Its county seat is Allentown, the state’s third-largest city behind Philadelphia and Pittsburgh – Wikipedia.