18-year-old found dead after vehicle becomes submerged in Berks County quarry, coroner says
SPRING TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
An 18-year-old man was found dead on Sunday after a vehicle became submerged in a Berks County quarry, according to the Berks County Coroner’s Office.
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Officials said the county’s 911 center received a report of a water emergency at 6:44 p.m. on Aug. 2 at the former E. J. Breneman Quarry, near the 1000 block of Yerger Boulevard in Spring Township.
The coroner’s office said they were called to the scene for an 18-year-old man after a vehicle was found submerged in the quarry. The teen was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities have identified the victim but are withholding his name until his family can be notified, the coroner’s office said.
An autopsy was scheduled for Monday, Aug. 3, at Reading Hospital, according to officials.
The incident remains under investigation by the Berks County Coroner’s Office and Spring Township Police Department.
No further information has been released at this time.
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