Crime & Safety

Police: One Person Injured in Head-On Crash in Skippack

Emergency personnel at scene; portion of Route 73 closed to traffic

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Trooper Burne said Skippack EMS took the passenger in a Ford F-350 to Lehigh Valley Hospital following a two-vehicle crash on Skippack Pike, Skippack Township, around 2:15 p.m., March 10.

Police, EMS and the Skippack Fire Co. responded to the head-on collision near the intersection of Skippack Pike and Church Road. According to Burne, the preliminary investigation suggests the driver of a former Penske moving truck fell asleep at the wheel, and then the truck drifted into the next lane, hitting the Ford pickup truck.

According to early reports, neither driver suffered injuries.

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Source One Auto Group helped tow the pickup truck from the scene. Firefighters helped clean up the vehicles' fluids and debris. Fire police closed a portion of Route 73, and directed traffic away from the scene.

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