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HAZLETON — Police are investigating a crash that happened in the early-morning hours on Monday.
At 2:05 a.m., police were dispatched to the area of East 13th and Hayes streets for a report of a vehicle that crashed over the embankment and into a wooded area.
Police said that when they arrived, they saw a white 2014 Honda CRV down an embankment that was pinned between multiple trees. Upon further investigation and gathering statements, police said that the vehicle traveled north on Hates Street at a high rate of speed, went airborne over the embankment and struck a tree approximately 10 to 20 feet high.
Police said that a Hispanic man wearing a white shirt and tan shorts was allegedly seen leaving the scene. Wallys Morales, 23, a passenger in the vehicle, was transported to Lehigh Valley Hospital Hazleton for treatment of his injuries.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact the Hazleton City Police Department at (570) 459-4940.