RICHMOND TWP., Pa. – One person is dead and multiple others injured after a serious crash Monday morning on Route 222 near the Kutztown Road overpass.
Just before 11 a.m., Fleetwood Police and several emergency response teams were dispatched to the scene.
“We were dispatched out of here approximately 10:52 this morning for a multi-vehicle accident,” said Chief Dale Ulshafer of the Fleetwood Police Department.
When officers arrived, they found three vehicles involved. One had flipped over the bridge. Several passengers were ejected. One person died at the scene.
“We arrived to find multiple injuries and one deceased,” Ulshafer confirmed.
Police say a vehicle traveling southbound crossed the grassy median and collided with two vehicles headed northbound.
“Southbound on 222… crossed over the grassy median into the northbound lane and made contact with two vehicles,” said Ulshafer.
The car that crossed the median suffered the worst of the impact. It flipped off the overpass, resulting in critical injuries and the fatality. The people in the other two vehicles had minor injuries.
“The southbound vehicle that crossed over had multiple injuries… most of them critical… and one fatality,” Ulshafer said.
The Berks County Crash Reconstruction Team is handling the investigation.
“The county crash team… which is comprised of different departments from all over the county,” Ulshafer added.
Police say the investigation is still in its early stages, and more information will be released as it becomes available.