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Fatal Accident

Monday, December 3, 2012

Lower Salford Man ID'd as Driver Killed in Harleysville Crash

Christopher Detweiler, 42, of Morris Road, was flown to Hahnemann Hospital for treatment, but succumbed to injuries in the accident Friday afternoon

Update Monday, Dec. 3 Lower Salford Police have identified the driver killed in an accident in Harleysville Friday afternoon as Christopher Detweiler, 42, of the 100 block of Morris Road, Lower Salford. Earlier Story A Harleysville resident died as a result of a one-car crash on Quarry Road near  Stover Road Friday afternoon. According to Breaking News Network, one person was trapped in a vehicle. A driver was rescued from a vehicle, and flown by Mid-Atlantic MedEvac 3, according to BNN. According to The Reporter, the driver was flown to Hahnemann Hospital, but did not survive injuries sustained from the crash. The driver was north on the 500 block of Quarry Road around 4:30 p.m., when the vehicle crossed into the other lane and hit a tree…

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Harleysville Man, 22, Killed in Skippack Crash

A vehicle overturned into the woods off Skippack Pike near Kerr Road around 3:30 a.m., killing driver Keith Howe, 22

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

One Dead in Route 309 Crash in Hilltown

A woman was ejected out the passenger side window after she hit the median in her Mercedes-Benz

A woman is dead after being ejected from her 1997 Mercedes-Benz on Route 309 near Route 113 in Hilltown Township Wednesday afternoon. According to the Perkasie News-Herald, the woman was ejected out the passenger side window and was pronounced dead at the scene. Hilltown Township Police told the News-Herald that the woman had been driving northbound on Route 309, when she went off the right side of the road and hit a guardrail. The car then ricocheted across both lanes and hit a dividing median, according to the article. Hilltown Township were assisted at the scene by Pennridge Regional Police, Souderton Medic 339, GrandView Hospital Medic, Souderton and Sellersvile Fire Police and the Bucks County Coroner’s Office, according to the …

worldpeace2013

10:43 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012

So sad :( you would like to see people be given a chnace to learn their lesson about seat belts or speed limits but not loose their life :( 309 is wild they need more traffic lights where te businesses are so it's more free moving   more ›

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Quakertown Man Victim in Fatal Crash on Route 309

A three-car collision occurred Thursday morning at Bethlehem Pike and Advance Lane in Hatfield Township. One man was pronounced dead at the scene and a second driver was airlifted for medical treatment.

UPDATE 10:45 P.M. Dr. Walter Hofman, coroner of Montgomery County, has identified the victim in the Thursday morning crash as Nathaniel Rocque, 25, of Quakertown. UPDATE THURSDAY 2 P.M. The male driver of a red Toyota Corolla died at the scene of an accident Thursday morning at Bethlehem Pike and Advance Lane in Hatfield. According to Dan Sokil of The Reporter, the driver was northbound on Bethlehem Pike/Route 309 and drifted into the inside southbound lane. The car was hit head-on by a silver Subaru Forester that was southbound on 309, according to the article. The female driver of the Forester was removed by firefighters from Hatfield, Hilltown and Colmar fire companies, along with Volunteer Medical Service Corps of Lansdale, according …

Terry

11:30 am on Monday, October 1, 2012

I worked with Nate a few weeks ago. My deepest sympathy to his family and friends.   more ›

Monday, May 14, 2012

Two Killed in Crash on Route 309 in U. Dublin

Report: Victims were pushing a disabled vehicle off the roadway when they were struck from behind by a SUV

Pennsylvania State Police said two people were killed shortly before 1:30 p.m. Monday afternoon in a crash on the northbound lanes of Route 309 between East Valley Green Road and Camp Hill Road at the eastern edge of Whitemarsh Township. Route 309 was closed northbound just before the Paper Mill Road interchange from shortly after the crash until about 6:30 p.m. Breaking News Network, a service that monitors emergency radio transmissions, reported to Lansdale Patch that the victims were pushing a disabled vehicle on the roadway when they were struck from behind by another vehicle. It was not immediately clear whether the disabled vehicle was in the middle of the roadway or on the shoulder. WCAU-TV cited an unidentified police source who …

VWChappy

5:28 pm on Monday, May 14, 2012

It's sad, but I'm pretty sure I know exactly what happened.   more ›

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