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Man, 23, Killed In Multi-Vehicle I-78 Crash In Berks County: Police
A Lebanon man was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on I-78 in Berks County Monday, July 11, authorities said.
The 23-year-old man was standing outside of his broken-down 1992 Mercury, signaling for help around 4:30 a.m. near mile marker 26.4 in Tilden Township, Pennsylvania State Police said.
The chain reaction began when a 2008 Honda driven by a 66-year-old Dumfries, VA, man, rear-ended a 2022 Toyota driven by a 25-year-old man from Pine Grove, PA, state police said.
The Toyota then struck the Mercury from behind, hitting the man as well.
A 2022 Honda driven by a 20-year-old Lee…
NY Passenger Killed In Berks County Crash
A New York woman died after sustaining injuries in a crash in Berks County Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
Richard Swartz, 50, of Shippensburg, PA was parked on the shoulder of I-78 westbound in the area of mile marker 8.5 in Bethel Township around 4:50 p.m. when Alan Barton, 41, of Blue Point, NY, struck Swartz's car at an "unsafe speed," according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Barton got out of the car on his own, while his front passenger, KellyAnn Mooney, 40, had to be extracted by emergency responders, police said.
The 13-year-old and 6-year-old back passengers were ass…