{"id":159677,"date":"2026-04-07T18:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/159677\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T18:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:33:08","slug":"man-killed-in-bensalem-route-1-crash-after-exiting-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/159677\/","title":{"rendered":"Man killed in Bensalem Route 1 crash after exiting car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/police-lights-flashing-at-night.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article    <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. &#8211; A man was killed in a multi-vehicle crash after exiting his disabled car on a busy highway in Bucks County, <a href=\"https:\/\/crimewatch.net\/us\/pa\/bucks\/bensalem-pd\/15488\/post\/fatal-crash-investigation-april-7-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to police<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The crash happened around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday on southbound Route 1 near Rockhill Drive in Bensalem Township, police said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Officers responding to the scene found a 2007 Honda Fit stopped in the roadway after experiencing mechanical issues.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Police said the driver, identified as Julio Ricardo Munoz, 45, of Philadelphia, had exited the vehicle when it was struck by an approaching 2022 Kia Seltos.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The impact caused the Honda to strike Munoz while he was outside the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Authorities said the Honda was then struck again by a 2017 Jeep Cherokee.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Unfortunately, Munoz suffered fatal injuries.<\/p>\n<p> Injuries reported <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">A front-seat passenger in the Honda was taken to Jefferson-Torresdale Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.<\/p>\n<p> Investigation underway <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Police said the crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">At this time, authorities do not believe drugs or alcohol were factors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article was written using information from Bensalem Township Police via CrimeWatch.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/us\/pa\/bucks-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bucks County<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. &#8211; A man was killed in a multi-vehicle crash after exiting his disabled car&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194,197,139,539,593],"class_list":["post-159677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township","tag-bucks-county","tag-news","tag-pa","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}