PERKIOMEN TOWNSHIP

Car flips on side, trapping driver, Thursday evening in Montco collision

The incident occurred shortly before 6:15 p.m. on Gravel Pike.

Pennsylvania State Police Photo by Tony Di Domizio.

The incident occurred shortly before 6:15 p.m. on Gravel Pike.

  • Public Safety

Perkiomen Township and Collegeville fire companies responded to a collision on an icy Thursday evening in Perkiomen Township at the intersection of Rahns Road and Gravel Pike, involving a vehicle accident with rescue.

According to Montgomery County emergency dispatch reports, the 6:13 p.m. accident involved a vehicle on its side with the driver trapped inside.

Reports said that a supporting strut is needed on the car’s B-pillar to rescue the driver. The vehicle was on the verge of tipping, per reports.

Pennsylvania State Police and Skippack EMS also assisted at the scene.


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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 tony@northpennnow.com. 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.

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