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First responders in Amity Township were dispatched to the 600 block of Old Swede Road/Route 662 just before 8 a.m., where a landscaping truck lost control and slammed into a car that had stopped for a school bus, police said.
The truck's front end was badly damaged in the collision, and a passenger was trapped inside for 30 minutes while rescue crews worked to free him, officials said.
The passenger, a 34-year-old Reading man, died from his injuries, while the driver, a 63-year-old man also from Reading, was hospitalized, authorities said.
The driver in the other car was not injured, they added.
A section of Old Swede Road/Route 662 was closed for about 90 minutes Friday morning as officials investigated the crash.
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