Drunken Man Airlifted After Striking Trees, Flipping Car, Police Say

A 24-year-old Pennsburg Man was airlifted to the Lehigh Valley Hospital after a crash at Old School Road in Upper Hanover Township on April 17 at 7 p.m., according to the Pennsylvania State Police.

Nathan Robinson was driving east on Old School Road towards Fennel Road in a 2002 Pontiac Sunfire when he allegedly lost control and struck at tree on the right side of the roadway, and then traveled across the roadway and struck another tree and mailbox, according to a police report that marks the incident as a DUI.

Robinson then struck another tree on the left side of the road and traveled back to the right lane where it turned on its side, blocking the right lane of travel, police said.

Robinson was transported to Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest, with unknown injuries.  Upper Perkiomen EMS and Pennsburg Fire Department assisted at the scene.

The crash investigation remains open.