Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Allentown Man Dies 15 Years Later After Suffering Injuries in Schuylkill County Motorcycle Crash

The Lehigh County Coroner has announced that an Allentown man has dies from injuries he suffered 15 years ago in a crash in Schuylkill County.

According to a release from Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio, Craig Mittl, 59, of Allentown died at Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital on Friday, December 9th, 2022.

Mittl was involved in a head-on crash on Route 443 near Spring Road in West Penn Township on Sunday, October 14th, 2007, where he was seriously injured.

Coroner Buglio ruled Mittl's cause of death as complications of quadriplegia due to the motor vehicle collision.

Along with the coroner's office, the Pennsylvania State Police at Frackville assisted with the investigation.