Motorcyclist dies after high-speed crash on Tilghman Street in Allentown

A 25-year-old motorcyclist died early Sunday after crashing into a vehicle while speeding on Tilghman Street in Allentown, according to a statement from the city’s police department.

The crash occurred around 3:20 a.m. in the 300 block of Tilghman Street. Officers and paramedics found the man lying unresponsive in the roadway with multiple traumatic injuries. He was transported by Allentown EMS to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Police say the motorcyclist had been traveling eastbound at a high rate of speed when he struck a car that was making a U-turn. The driver of that vehicle remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators…

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