Basic Facts
Crash date: April 23, 2026
Crash location: Interstate 78 near mile marker 54 in Wescosville, PA
People involved:
- Ryan W. Gretz, 22
- Unidentified passenger, 21
- Unidentified truck driver
Do authorities suspect alcohol played a role in this crash? Unknown
Did authorities recommend criminal charges? Unknown
Do authorities suspect a product defect caused the crash? Unknown
Accident Report
Wescosville, PA — April 23, 2026, Ryan Gretz was killed in a truck accident just before midnight on Interstate 78/Walter J. Dealtrey Memorial Highway.
Authorities said a car and a semi-truck collided near mile marker 54 in Lower Macungie Township.
The driver of the car, 22-year-old Coopersburg resident Ryan W. Getz, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, according to authorities. His 21-year-old passenger was hospitalized with undisclosed injuries.
The truck driver was not injured, authorities said.
Authorities have not released any additional information about the Lehigh County crash at this time.
How Did This Accident Occur?
Police have not released much information about this crash on I-78 yet. I hope that means it is because they are too busy investigating this fatal accident to update the public, because the driver’s family deserves answers about what caused this crash.
Authorities should scrutinize evidence from the scene, witness statements, data from the vehicles and any available video footage of the crash to piece together what happened. Cell phone records should show what each driver was doing at the time of the crash.
Investigators, either police or an independent third party, should not stop digging into this crash until they can answer every question lingering in the minds of the driver’s family.
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