FRANCONIA TOWNSHIP ACCIDENT

Car crashes into, breaks utility pole on Allentown Road Wednesday morning, driver injured

The accident occurred shortly before 10:45 a.m. near Banbury Drive in Franconia.

Managing Editor

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

The accident occurred shortly before 10:45 a.m. near Banbury Drive in Franconia.

One person was transported via VMSC Emergency Medical Services to an area hospital for treatment of reported chest pain after crashing their Honda into a telephone pole on Allentown Road in Franconia Township Wednesday morning, snapping the pole in half.

The accident occurred at 10:44 a.m. in front of 192 Allentown Road near Banbury Drive, between Lower and Souder roads. The gray Honda sedan sustained severe front-end damage and was towed from the scene.

Montgomery County emergency radio traffic reported wires are hanging above the roadway and PPL is en route.

By James Short

Traffic on Allentown Road has been reduced to one lane for both directions of travel.

Perseverance Fire Co. is on scene, along with Franconia Police.

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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.