Crime & Safety

Man, 25, Killed In Dirt Bike Crash: Falls Township PD

A 25-year-old man was killed after his dirt bike crashed into a pole Thursday afternoon, Falls Township Police said.

FALLS TOWNSHIP, PA — A 25-year-old man was killed after his dirt bike crashed into a pole Thursday afternoon, Falls Township Police said.

The crash happened just after noon along Penn Valley Road in the area of Route 13.

Multiple officers responded to the area and located the man, later identified as Jeffery Griscavage, laying on the ground partially pinned under his Honda CRF 250 dirt bike.

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The pole he had collided with was approximately a quarter-mile west of Fallsington Tullytown Road, police said. Officers performed life-saving efforts until the Levittown Fairless Hills Rescue Squad arrived.

Griscavage was transported to Jefferson Bucks Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

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Witnesses at the scene reported that Griscavage had been riding his dirt bike westbound on the paved bicycle path that runs parallel to Penn Valley Road before colliding with the pole. Witnesses said he was going about 20 mph.

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