{"id":58392,"date":"2025-12-11T22:03:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T22:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/58392\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T22:03:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T22:03:22","slug":"mystery-driver-sparks-search-after-parking-lot-crash-in-west-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/58392\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Driver Sparks Search After Parking Lot Crash in West Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"735\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-09-131744_Redacted.jpg\" class=\"attachment-hitmag-featured size-hitmag-featured wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>WEST READING, PA \u2014 The West Reading Police Department is asking the public for assistance in identifying a woman sought in connection with an alleged hit-and-run incident that occurred Sunday afternoon in the parking lot of the Third &amp; Spruce Drafthaus.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, the unidentified woman \u2014 captured in an image highlighted by investigators \u2014 was allegedly involved in a motor vehicle accident around 4:35 p.m. on December 7 and then failed to provide the legally required information before leaving the scene. Authorities did not disclose the extent of any vehicle damage or whether anyone was injured.<\/p>\n<p>Police emphasize that any individual connected to this incident is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-649523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Capture5.jpg\" alt=\"Suspect vehicle\" width=\"735\" height=\"400\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The department is encouraging residents to come forward if they recognize the woman or her vehicle. Information can be shared directly with West Reading Police at 610-373-0111. Tips may also be submitted <a href=\"https:\/\/berks.crimewatchpa.com\/westreadingpd\/23545\/submit-tip?name=Attempt%20to%20Identify%20MVA%20Hit%26%20Run&amp;nid=340747\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">anonymously online<\/a>, by calling Crime Alert Berks County at 1-877-373-9913, or by texting 847411 with the keyword ALERTBERKS followed by the message. Crime Alert Berks County may offer a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place near South 3rd Avenue and Spruce Street in West Reading. Police expressed appreciation for the community\u2019s cooperation as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news on everything happening in Chester County and the surrounding area, be sure to follow MyChesCo on <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqJggKIiBDQklTRWdnTWFnNEtERzE1WTJobGMyTnZMbU52YlNnQVAB?hl=en-IN&amp;gl=IN&amp;ceid=IN%3Aen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Google News<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/channel\/source\/MyChesCo\/sr-cid-AF4D10B27AA10316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MSN<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST READING, PA \u2014 The West Reading Police Department is asking the public for assistance in identifying a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[4828,12056,128,130,129,27780,31957],"class_list":{"0":"post-58392","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reading","8":"tag-criminal-investigation","9":"tag-hit-and-run","10":"tag-reading-city","11":"tag-reading-city-headlines","12":"tag-reading-city-news","13":"tag-traffic-collision","14":"tag-west-reading-police-department"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58392","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=58392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}