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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

UD Police Asking Witnesses of Monday Motorcycle Accident to Contact Department

The Upper Dublin Township Police Department are asking anyone that witnessed the accident that occurred at Bethlehem Pike and Hagues Mill Rd. on Monday afternoon to contact the department.

Upper Dublin Township Police are asking that anyone who witnessed the accident that involved a motorcycle on Monday, Sept. 10 at Bethlehem Pike and Hagues Mill Rd. around 1 p.m., to contact the police department. The crash involved two motor vehicles: a motorcycle and an Upper Dublin Township trash truck. According to a press release from the Upper Dublin Township Police, the initial investigation shows that the trash truck was traveling north on Bethlehem Pike and was making a right turn onto Hagues Mill Road. Police investigation shows that the motorcycle was also traveling north on Bethlehem Pike and struck the trash truck as it was making its right turn. According to Upper Dublin Police, "The motorcycle, along with its operator came to…

Monday, September 10, 2012

Report: 1 Dead in Bethlehem Pike Crash

Motorcyclist killed in accident with vehicle identified as Upper Dublin trash truck

A motorcyclist was killed early Monday afternoon in a crash involving a truck owned by Upper Dublin Township, the Ambler Gazette reports. The accident took place near the intersection of Bethlehem Pike and Hagues Mill Road. Bethlehem Pike was reportedly closed between Butlet Pike and Tennis Avenue. The @MontcoAlerts feed on Twitter, which typically monitors emergency responder radio transmissions, identified the vehicle as a trash truck and said the deceased subject was "under" the truck. An aerial photograph published by NBC Philadelphia showed what appeared to be a trash or a recycling truck partially pulled off the roadway, perhaps in the process of making a right turn, with a tarp concealing a section of the underlying roadway near the…

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