Crime & Safety

Updated: SUV, PennDOT Truck Involved in Fatal Crash on Route 29

State Police have not released the name of the deceased driver, pending next-of-kin notification.

Update 5/24/12 5pm: According to Pennsylvania State Police, the driver of the SUV was a 57-year-old white male from Phoenixville. He was driving a 1999 Ford Explorer that collided with a PennDOT Ford F-350. The name of the deceased SUV driver has still not been released, pending family notification.

Original story continues below.

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a fatal two-vehicle accident that occurred on Route 29 just north of the turnpike in Charlestown Township around 7 a.m. Wednesday.

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The driver of a black Ford Explorer was killed in the crash. Police are withholding the identity of the deceased, pending next-of-kin notification.

The other vehicle involved in the crash was a PennDOT "crew cab," a heavy-duty pickup truck. The three passengers in the PennDOT truck have been taken to with unspecified, non-life-threatening injuries.

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The SUV was headed south and the PennDOT truck was headed north when the crash occurred, according to Cpl. Weid of the PSP.

The road has been closed regularly from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. since May 2 for road work, according to a PennDOT worker at the scene.

State Police out of the Embreeville barracks are currently investigating the cause of the accident.


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