HATFIELD TOWNSHIP INCIDENT

Driver trapped in car after live electrical wires come down during Friday evening rainstorm

PECO was expected on scene by 6:30 p.m.

Managing Editor

Friday, June 14, 2024

PECO was expected on scene by 6:30 p.m.

A driver is trapped in their vehicle on Line Lexington Road in Hatfield Township after live electrical wires fell onto their car during a raging rainstorm Friday shortly after 5 p.m.

Line Lexington Road is closed between Old Bethlehem Pike and Woodview Drive.

A transformer also blew, but there was no sign of a fire, per reports from the scene.

PECO is expected to arrive on scene shortly.

Hatfield Vol. Fire Co., Hatfield Police, Hatfield Fire Police, Montgomery Township Fire Police and Montgomery County Emergency Management are on scene.

By James Short

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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.