FRANCONIA TOWNSHIP ACCIDENT

Driver comes within inches of crashing into home in Wednesday morning accident

The vehicle ended up on its side and just missed colliding with a house on Godshall Road.

Photo by James Short.

The vehicle ended up on its side and just missed colliding with a house on Godshall Road.

  • Public Safety

One person was taken to Grand View Hospital following an accident shortly after midnight Wednesday on Godshall Road in Franconia Township, where the driver came within inches of striking a house.

Around 12:05 a.m., Montgomery County Emergency Dispatch reported an overturned vehicle into a house at 352 Godshall Road, near Belton Court and Reliance Road, and the male driver was trapped in the vehicle.

Upon arrival, emergency crews found a blue Honda flipped onto its side, against the side of the house. The car did not breach the home.

    By James Short   

Emergency and fire personnel stabilized the vehicle, as the driver began self-extrication from the car, per radio dispatch. The rescue was complete by 12:15 a.m.

Godshall was closed for a period of time between Lower Road and Reliance Road.

Perseverance Fire Co., Telford Volunteer Fire Co., Franconia Township Police and Telford Borough Police assisted at the scene alongside VMSC EMS.

 


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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.