{"id":169283,"date":"2026-04-18T10:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T10:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/169283\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T10:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T10:27:10","slug":"man-killed-in-3-vehicle-crash-on-route-1-in-bensalem-after-getting-out-of-stalled-car-police-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/169283\/","title":{"rendered":"Man killed in 3-vehicle crash on Route 1 in Bensalem after getting out of stalled car: police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A man was killed after being struck outside his disabled vehicle on Route 1 in Bensalem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said the crash involved three vehicles early Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A passenger in the vehicle was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:according to police;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;according to police&quot;}\" class=\"link \">according to police<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The crash happened around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday on southbound Route 1 near Rockhill Drive in Bensalem Township, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers responding to the scene found a 2007 Honda Fit stopped in the roadway after experiencing mechanical issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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 class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The impact caused the Honda to strike Munoz while he was outside the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities said the Honda was then struck again by a 2017 Jeep Cherokee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Unfortunately, Munoz suffered fatal injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Injuries reported<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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 class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said the crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At this time, authorities do not believe drugs or alcohol were factors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article was written using information from Bensalem Township Police via CrimeWatch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief A man was killed after being struck outside his disabled vehicle on Route 1 in Bensalem.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194,72750,72749,35869,72748],"class_list":["post-169283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township","tag-disabled-vehicle","tag-julio-ricardo-munoz","tag-multi-vehicle","tag-southbound-route"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169283","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=169283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}