State police have released details of a two-vehicle crash that fatally injured a Berks County motorcyclist last week on Route 183 near Bernville.
Nicholas DePietro, 38, of Reading was pronounced dead on May 17 at 2:42 p.m. in Reading Hospital by emergency department staff.
The crash happened at Route 183 and Shartlesville Road in Penn Township shortly before 2 p.m.
According to troopers at the Reading station:
DePietro was riding southbound on Route 183 when he approached an SUV that was stopped in the southbound lane waiting for traffic to clear to turn left onto Shartlesville Road.
DePietro tried to swerve around the vehicle but rear-ended the SUV, launching him onto the northbound shoulder. He wasn’t wearing a helmet.
He died of multiple injuries, and the crash was ruled accidental, according to the Berks County coroner’s office.
A test administered by the coroner’s office determined DePietro had methamphetamine in his system.
The SUV driver, a 31-year-old Schuylkill County woman, and her passenger, a 30-year-old Schuylkill man, were uninjured.
Route 183, also known as Bernville Road, was closed between Summer Mountain Road in Penn Township and Washington Street in Bernville while state police investigated.