BY SUSAN BRYANT

sbryant@tnonline.com

A 30-year-old Upper Saucon Township man was killed when the 2012 Yamaha motorcycle he was operating was involved in a multi-vehicle crash around 11:43 a.m., June 26 on I-78 East, Mile Marker 58.4, Allentown.

According to Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio, Edgar J. Guadarrama Jaimes of Upper Saucon Township, was pronounced deceased at the scene at 1:25 p.m.

The cause of his death is multiple traumatic injuries due to a motorcycle/motor vehicle collision.

The manner of his death was ruled an accident, Buglio said.

According to Pennsylvania State Police Troop M, Fogelsville, Troopers were dispatched to the scene for a motor vehicle crash involving a motorcycle and tractor trailer.

Police determined the 2012 Yamaha motorcycle, operated by Guadrrama Jaimes, a Freightliner tractor-trailer, operated by a 42-year-old man, and a 2015 Honda Pilot, operated by a 58-year-old man from Harleysville, Montgomery County, were involved in the crash.

The operator of the tractor-trailer and Honda Pilot were not injured.

I-78 East was reopened at the crash scene around 3:40 p.m.

Troop M Collision Analysis Reconstruction Unit, Troop M Forensic Services Unit, and the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office, assisted in the investigation.

This crash remains under investigation.

Anyone who may have witnessed this crash or observed the vehicles before the crash is asked to contact state police at 610-395-1438 and refer to Incident Number PA24-835011.