{"id":201995,"date":"2026-05-25T16:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T16:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/201995\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T16:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T16:39:11","slug":"man-23-dies-after-tesla-swerves-into-tree-in-berks-county-driver-believed-to-be-dui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/201995\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 23, dies after Tesla swerves into tree in Berks County; driver believed to be DUI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BERKS COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 A 23-year-old who was seriously injured after crashing into a tree early Sunday morning has died from his injuries, troopers wrote in an update.<\/p>\n<p>Keenan Cryts, 23, was taken to a trauma center following the crash that happened just before 2 a.m. Sunday on Bernville Road. He suffered serious injuries, troopers said, and around 11:19 p.m. Sunday, Cryts passed away at Reading Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS COVERAGE | <a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/police-investigate-driver-for-dui-after-seriously-injuring-passenger-in-crash-berks-county-bernville-borough-drunk-driving-investigation-pennsylvania-pa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Driver suspected of DUI after seriously injuring passenger in crash: state police<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cryts had been a passenger in a Tesla that swerved off the road and into a tree.<\/p>\n<p>The driver, a 23-year-old man from Pottsville, is suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, according to state police.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s believed that the driver was wearing a seatbelt, but Cryts was not.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania State Police, local fire and EMS providers, the Berks County Coroner\u2019s Office, and the Berks County District Attorney\u2019s Office all responded to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>State police have not yet released the name of the driver or announced any charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BERKS COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 A 23-year-old who was seriously injured after crashing into a tree early Sunday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-201995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201995","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=201995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}