HIGHLAND AVENUE ACCIDENT

Police: Medical event likely preceded Highland Avenue crash

The accident remains under investigation, police said

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Saturday, April 20, 2024

The accident remains under investigation, police said

The driver of a tan Mazda Protégé that crashed into shrubbery along Highland Avenue in Lansdale Thursday afternoon was identified by Lansdale Borough Police as a 68-year-old male from Lansdale.

Police said there is no update to the man’s condition, but it is likely the medical event preceded the crash.

The crash remains under investigation.

Montgomery Township Police, who are members of the North Penn crash team, assisted Lansdale Police at the scene.

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Tony Di Domizio

Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at [email protected]. Tony graduated from Kutztown University, under the tutelage of Dr. Matthew Nesvisky and Dr. Heather Thomas, and went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Lansdale Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and the weekly Chronicle news editions of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. A fourth-generation Lansdalian, he was born and raised in and around the Borough, including Little Italy, and attended North Penn High School, graduating in 1998. He once interviewed Jesse Spano in the back of a limousine outside North Penn High School.