Crash closes Route 248 in Lower Towamensing

Published January 24. 2019 10:18PM

The east bound lanes of Route 248 in Carbon County are shut down as the result of a crash in Lower Towamensing Township.

The crash occurred just before 8:30 p.m. the vehicle slid off the roadway onto a set of railroad tracks.

The driver was being evaluated at the scene. State police at Lehighton are investigating the incident. The Lower Towamensing township fire company responded to the scene.
 

COPYRIGHT LARRY NEFF/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS

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I'm in a hurry to get things done
Oh I rush and rush until life's no fun
All I really gotta do is live and die
But I'm in a hurry and don't know why. (Alabama Lyrics)

SLOW Down! This weekend will see many like situations as these wet spots freeze over.
I drove by this, just after it happened. Good thing a train didn't come along.
This is my best friend you're talking about. FYI the article is incorrect. He lost control of the vehicle after a truck in oncoming traffic shot water all over his windshield to the point where he couldn't see anything. He wasn't speeding. He literally NEVER speeds.

Also, his car did NOT land on the train tracks. He was about 7 feet AWAY from them.
I don't think I said anything against your friend.
I'm fully aware of the spray off northbound cars, I was there just after your friend tried to merge onto the train tracks. He would never have ended up over there, had he been driving according to the road conditions.
That can get pretty slick right there. I have traveled that same road after a really cold night and an ice storm, there were like 4 cars off the road, I was sliding all over the place, and the guy next to me that slid off the road wasnt going faster than me at my 30mph

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