PERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The Berks County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who died in a motorcycle crash in Perry Township on Thursday.
At approximately 12:39 p.m., Berks County dispatchers received a report of a motorcycle crash on Route 61 (South Pottsville Pike), just south of Route 662, in Perry Township, the coroner’s office said.
According to the preliminary investigation, a solo motorcycle rider was traveling northbound on Route 61 when, for reasons that remain under investigation, the motorcycle left the roadway and struck an embankment, officials said.
The operator was transported by ambulance to Reading Hospital, where he was pronounced dead by hospital physicians at 3:02 p.m., the coroner said.
The Berks County Coroner’s Office was notified at 3:06 p.m. and responded to Reading Hospital to conduct the medicolegal investigation, according to the release.
The victim has been identified as Patrick Michael Powers, 70, of Muhlenberg Township, according to the coroner.
Officials say the cause of death has been determined to be blunt force trauma, and the manner of death has been ruled accidental.
The Berks County Coroner’s Office was assisted by the Pennsylvania State Police – Hamburg Station, Shoemakersville Fire Company, Northern Berks EMS, and Muhlenberg Area Ambulance.