A stretch of Route 611 in Monroe County has reopened following a fatal crash involving a pedestrian.
Dispatchers confirm a woman was hit and killed along Route 611 in Smithfield Township, just outside Delaware Water Gap. The incident happened around 6 p.m. Monday. The MOnroe County coroner has identified the woman as Heath Sandowick, 22, of East Stroudsburg.
Vickie Bishop was inside her home when she heard the crash. "I heard some tires screeching," said Bishop, "and all the sudden it was like a thud." She said she and her husband ran outside where they found Sandowick in the middle of the road.
"My husband checked for the pulse on the wrist, I checked for the pulse in the neck. There was none. I put my hand on her chest and I did feel the last couple beats of her heart. It was horrible," said Bishop. She added a sport/utility vehicle hit the woman and the driver stopped after the accident. She checked to see if the two people inside the vehicle, a husband and awife, were hurt.
"The driver was very calm, like it didn't hit him. His wife, I was trying to keep her up. She was hyperventilating and freaking out, 'That's someone's daughter,'" Bishop recounted. She said the woman told her what she remembered about the crash. "She said 'We didn't see her, we didn't see her. She was just in the middle of the road, we didn't see her.' She was just screaming and freaking out."
Route 611 reopened about three-and-a-half hours after the deadly crash.
Dispatchers confirm a woman was hit and killed along Route 611 in Smithfield Township, just outside Delaware Water Gap. The incident happened around 6 p.m. Monday. The MOnroe County coroner has identified the woman as Heath Sandowick, 22, of East Stroudsburg.
Vickie Bishop was inside her home when she heard the crash. "I heard some tires screeching," said Bishop, "and all the sudden it was like a thud." She said she and her husband ran outside where they found Sandowick in the middle of the road.
"My husband checked for the pulse on the wrist, I checked for the pulse in the neck. There was none. I put my hand on her chest and I did feel the last couple beats of her heart. It was horrible," said Bishop. She added a sport/utility vehicle hit the woman and the driver stopped after the accident. She checked to see if the two people inside the vehicle, a husband and awife, were hurt.
"The driver was very calm, like it didn't hit him. His wife, I was trying to keep her up. She was hyperventilating and freaking out, 'That's someone's daughter,'" Bishop recounted. She said the woman told her what she remembered about the crash. "She said 'We didn't see her, we didn't see her. She was just in the middle of the road, we didn't see her.' She was just screaming and freaking out."
Route 611 reopened about three-and-a-half hours after the deadly crash.
