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Bicycle Accident
Police & Fire
Berks Bicyclist Dies In Crash On Route 222: Police
A Berks County bicyclist was found dead by a loved one after he was hit by a vehicle on Route 222, according to authorities. Northern Berks Regional Police said the cyclist was located on the highway between Rich Maiden Road and Pleasant Hill Road around 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 20. The victim was 23-year-old Anson Burkholder of Maidencreek Township, the Berks County Coroner's Office confirmed to Daily Voice. A family member found Burkholder near his damaged bicycle after he was late coming home and called police, the department said. Route 222 was temporarily closed…
Police & Fire
Bicyclist Fatally Struck By Car In Philly Suburbs, Police Say
A bicyclist died at the scene of a crash in Levittown on Monday evening, Sept. 4, according to Falls Township police. Authorities say the bicyclist was hit by a Nissan Rogue on the 9000 block of New Falls Road around 7 p.m. The victim, who was "wearing dark-colored clothing and no helmet," was critically injured and pronounced dead by first responders, police said. He has not been officially identified but authorities say he was a Levittown area resident in his 60s named Jose. The driver of the Nissan, a 21-year-old Morrisville resident, remained on-scene and is cooperating…
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Teen Bicyclist Struck Dead In NE Philadelphia: Police
A teenager is dead after being hit by a car while riding his bike in Philadelphia, police told Daily Voice. It happened around 4:15 a.m. on Friday, July 28, the department said. The victim, an unnamed 18-year-old man, was struck at the intersection of Woodhaven Road and Byberry Road in the Northeast, police said. He was rushed to Jefferson-Torresdale Hospital where he was pronounced dead just before 5 a.m., they added. The driver fled the scene and police did not provide a vehicle description. The crash remains under investigation by detectives.
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11-Year-Old Girl On Bicycle Struck In Hit-Run In Manheim: Police
An 11-year-old girl was hospitalized after she was struck by a car while riding her bicycle. The unnamed girl was wearing her helmet when the 2008-2012 silver Honda Accord struck her in the 6400 block of Brodbeck Road, Manheim Township on Feb. 8, 2023, at 6:37 p.m., Northern York County Regional Police Department, said the following day. The car was driving east when the passenger side mirror struck the girl who was traveling in the same direction, according to the police. She was taken to the hospital by her parents for non-life-threatening injuries, the police explain in the release. …
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Bicyclist Hospitalized Following Crash On Rt. 501 In Central Pennsylvania: Police
A woman has been hospitalized after she was struck by a vehicle while riding her bicycle in Central Pennsylvania, police say. Lititz Borough of police were called to the crash at the intersection of North Broad Street (SR0501) & East Lincoln Avenue on Saturday, Oct. 15, around 5:11 p.m., according to a release by the department the following Monday. The vehicle was attempting to make a left turn onto North Broad Street from East Lincoln Avenue when it struck the bicyclist who was traveling east-bound onto East Lincoln Avenue, police detailed in the release. The woman "susta…
Police & Fire
Lehigh Valley Doctor Dies Weeks After Bicycle Accident, Coroner Says
A doctor in the Lehigh Valley has died three weeks after a bicycle accident, authorities said. Dr. Lorraine A. Dickey, 60, died Sunday, Aug. 28 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said. Dickey died of complications from a cervical spine injury she suffered in the Aug. 8 accident on the 100 block of Robert Drive in Upper Macungie Township, the coroner said. Dickey was a neonatologist as well as a board-certified pediatric hospice & palliative medicine physician, her LinkedIn profile says. The Allentown woman -- who also survived cancer -- wen…
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Bicyclist, 50, Killed In Bristol Township Hit-Run Crash, Report Says
A 50-year-old bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Bristol Township Monday, LevittownNow reports. The crash happened around 1:40 a.m. on Route 13's westbound exit ramp near the Pennsylvania Turnpike, according to the news outlet. A dark-colored vehicle exiting the turnpike and merging onto Route 13 struck and killed the bicyclist, the news outlet says. Just last week, a 35-year-old was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Mill Creek Parkway and Haines Road, Daily Voice previously reported citing Levittown Now. Click here for the full report by LevittownNow.
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Lehigh County Man Dies 4 Days After Bicycle Accident In Weisenberg Township
A 52-year-old Lehigh County man died four days after sustaining injuries in a bicycle accident last weekend, authorities said. Anthony Kyvelos, of Fogelsville, was involved in an "unwitnessed bicycle accident" in the 3200 block of Shale Head Road in Weisenberg Township at approximately 7:30 p.m. on July 31, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. He was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest on Wednesday, authorities said. An autopsy performed Friday confirmed his cause of death to be blunt force head injuries, the coroner's office said. His manner o…
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South Jersey Police Seek Hit-Run Driver Who Injured 13-Year-Old Bicyclist
Police in Gloucester County seek the public's help locating a hit-and-run driver who allegedly struck a teenage bicyclist, authorities said. "We are investigating a hit-and-run motor vehicle crash from last evening on Ganttown Road," Washington Township police said on their Facebook page. The 13-year-old bicycle rider, who police did not identify, suffered non-life threatening injuries, they said. Township police posted a photo of the damaged bike (shown above) which has a bent front wheel. The teenager and a dark-colored SUV were reportedly traveling west about 10 p.m., near Washing…
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