Coroner IDs Reading man who died from injuries a month after being struck by pickup truck | Reading Area

READING, Pa. – A 70-year-old man was hit by a pickup last month and recently died from his injuries.

Robert Bruce Bellairs, Jr., was pronounced dead Saturday at a local hospital, Berks County Coroner Matthew Stitzel said in a news release.

The man was struck by the pickup truck on Oct. 7. about 7:13 p.m. in the 300 block of North 5th Street in Reading, the release said.

The coroner says Bellairs was crossing the road when he was hit by a southbound pickup truck.

The driver remained at the scene, the coroner says. Bellairs was transported by ambulance to Reading Hospital. He died from his injuries about a month after the incident.

The cause of death was due to complications of multiple traumatic head injuries, the coroner said. It was ruled accidental.

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