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.
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – A Hazleton firefighter looks on as a towing crew works to upright a flipped Hyundai Tucson on Alter Street in Hazleton on July 27, 2025. 
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – A Beaver Meadows fire engine at the scene of a vehicle accident on Alter Street in Hazleton on July 27, 2025.
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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