TOWAMENCIN TOWNSHIP ACCIDENT

Police said the accident remains under investigation.

Bicyclist remains in very serious condition at Grand View Hospital after being hit by minivan Thursday afternoon

Photo by James Short.

  • Public Safety

 A 44-year-old Lansdale man remains in very serious condition at the trauma unit of Grand View Hospital after the electric bicycle he was riding was hit by a minivan Thursday afternoon in Towamencin.

Police said the crash was reported at 3:38 p.m. at the intersection of Valley Forge and Allentown roads, involving a silver 2022 Chrysler Town & Country minivan and an electric bicycle.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation, police said and a determination on charges will not be made until the investigation is completed.

Valley Forge and Allentown roads were closed at the intersection during the investigation, and the scene was cleared by 6:50 p.m., police said.

    By James Short   

Towamencin Township Police and VMSC EMS were assisted at the scene by Lansdale Police, officers from the North Penn Regional Crash Investigation Team, North Penn Fire Co. Fire Police and Upper Gwynedd Township Fire Police.

Investigators are presently working on getting video from the bank and several witnesses have been interviewed, police said.

Call police at 215-368-7606 if anyone was a witness to the crash and has not spoken yet with Towamencin detectives.  

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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 and went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. He was born and raised in and around Lansdale and attended North Penn High School. Lansdale born. St. Patrick's Day, 1980.


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