{"id":297065,"date":"2026-09-30T19:08:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T19:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/297065\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T19:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T19:08:20","slug":"driver-taken-to-hospital-with-injuries-after-crashing-into-hvac-unit-causing-gas-leak-reading-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/297065\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver taken to hospital with injuries after crashing into HVAC unit, causing gas leak | Reading Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOWER ALSACE TWP., Pa. &#8211; A driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries after hitting an HVAC unit and causing a gas leak at a Berks County Redner\u2019s on Wednesday morning, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred in the 800 block of Carsonia Ave in Lower Alsace Township around 10:50 a.m., police say.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Redners car that hit HVAC\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1919\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6abd4f854b584.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Chad Blimline | WFMZ-TV<\/p>\n<p>Officials on scene say a vehicle crashed into a large air handler unit, causing an active natural gas leak.<\/p>\n<p>Police say an additional engine was requested to assist with the evacuation of customers in the store.<\/p>\n<p>Crews say they assisted with the evacuation, secured power, secured the gas, and metered the building.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Redners car that hit HVAC\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1919\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6abd4f9fc68c0.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Chad Blimline | WFMZ-TV<\/p>\n<p>Emergency response crews stayed on scene until UGI confirmed that all leaks were secured and the vehicles were removed, authorities confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>According to Redner\u2019s officials, the store is open for business, as all of its equipment is electric, meaning the fryer, ovens, and hot water are fully operational.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOWER ALSACE TWP., Pa. &#8211; A driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries after hitting an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1874,349,347,36660,122743,128,130,129,122744],"class_list":["post-297065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-accident","tag-berks-county","tag-crash","tag-gas-leak","tag-hvac-unit","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-redners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297065","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=297065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}