ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A 26-year-old South Whitehall Township man died Aug. 3 from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle crash in Allentown three days earlier, according to the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office.
Jose A. Cardona was pronounced dead at 1:40 p.m. at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Muhlenberg, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said.
The cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head, and the manner of death was ruled an accident, Buglio said. Cardona was operating a motorcycle that lost control and crashed, causing him to strike his head on the ground. He was wearing a helmet at the time, Buglio said.
The crash occurred at approximately 8:20 p.m. July 31 in the area of North Bradford Street and East Allen Street.
In the days between the crash and his death, Cardona was in an intensive care unit in critical condition, according to public Facebook posts written at the time by family friends.
Those posts asked the community to pray for his recovery and for the doctors and nurses treating him. They described Cardona as a father whose children were waiting on him, and asked for support for his mother, his girlfriend and the rest of his family.
The Allentown Police Department is investigating the crash, along with the coroner’s office.