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18-Year-Old Identified After Fatal Head-On Crash On Route 222 In PA: Coroner 18-Year-Old Identified After Fatal Head-On Crash On Route 222 In PA: Coroner
18-Year-Old Identified After Fatal Head-On Crash On Route 222 In PA: Coroner A fatal crash has claimed the life of a teenager, authorities announced on Monday, April 20. Connor Koontz, 18, of Fleetwood, was pronounced dead at Reading Hospital at 1:12 a.m. following a crash in Richmond Township, according to Berks County Coroner Matthew J. Stitzel.  The collision happened around 5:54 p.m. on Sunday, April 19, along Route 222 (Kutztown Road) near Schuler Road, the coroner’s office said.  Koontz was driving southbound when his vehicle crossed the center line and struck a northbound vehicle head-on, officials detailed.  He was alone in the vehicle at th…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Car Sliced In Two On Rt 222 In PA: Fire Officials (PHOTOS) Car Sliced In Two On Rt 222 In PA: Fire Officials (PHOTOS)
Car Sliced In Two On Rt 222 In PA: Fire Officials (Photos) A car was found sliced in half on Route 222, Adamstown firefighters announced on Monday, Oct. 7. While heading to a training in Berks County, volunteers with the Adamstown Fire Company volunteers were called to a single vehicle accident on Rt 222. The crash was in the northbound lanes between the Exit: I-76 Turnpike/ PA Route 272 - Denver/PA Turnpike and Exit: PA 272 South/PA 568 East - Adamstown/Knauers around 7:30 p.m., according to PennDOT's 511PA. "Crews arrived to find a vehicle that had struck the guardrail and split in half," officials with the fire company wrote in a Facebook…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Berks Pair Charged In Route 222 Road Rage Shooting Berks Pair Charged In Route 222 Road Rage Shooting
Berks Pair Charged In Route 222 Road Rage Shooting Two men were arrested this week for the apparent road rage shooting on Route 222, said Wyomissing police in a release.  Luis Alejandro Rosado Colon, 24, and Alejandro Perez Rodriguez, 23, were taken into custody on Tuesday, July 9, according to authorities. A car was shot at around 1 p.m. on July 1 near the Berkshire Mall, police said previously. No injuries were reported.  Authorities obtained an arrest warrant for Perez Rodriguez after identifying him as the owner of the suspect vehicle, Wyomissing PD said.  Rosado Colon was at Perez Rodriguez's house and "further rec…

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by Mac Bullock