Rollover crash adds to busy night for Hazleton area first responders

KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL - A Beaver Meadows fire chief looks on as Paul's Towing attempts to upright a flipped car on Alter Street near 11th Street in Hazleton on July 27, 2025.

HAZLETON – As crews battled a major fire in Hazleton early Sunday morning, a neighboring community’s fire company helped handle a car crash in the city.

The crash happened around 1am on Alter Street near 11th Street.

A Hyundai Tucson struck a parked car and rolled over.

As crews arrived, the SUV was broadside in the road.

Firefighters from Beaver Meadows, in town covering the city as crews battled a fire at the former St. Paul’s Church downtown, responded to the call along with a Hazleton Fire deputy chief and Hazleton Police.

Neighbors said two occupants from the car were taken to area hospitals.

Further details were not available Sunday morning.

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