FALLS TOWNSHIP, PA — A pedestrian has been struck and killed by a vehicle early Monday morning on Bristol Pike in the township's Morrisville section, police said.
The Falls Township Police Department responded at 7:30 a.m. on Monday to the area of Brown's Trailer Park in the 1900 block of Bristol Pike, Morrisville, to investigate a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian.
Police determined that a 53-year-old man from Trenton, N.J., was driving a heavy-duty pickup truck with an attached 24' landscaping trailer when he began to back the vehicle and trailer up along Bristol Pike.
Police said the driver didn't realize that a 76-year-old Morrisville man was standing in the area of the rear of the trailer and was struck with the trailer passing over his body.
The Levittown-Fairless Hill Rescue Squad transported the man to Saint Mary Medical Center where he died from his injuries.
The driver and passengers of the striking vehicle did not sustain any injuries.
Police do not believe that drugs, alcohol, or a medical emergency was involved in the accident.
Anyone having witnessed the accident, or who may have surveillance/security camera footage should contact the assigned investigator, Corp. Alexander Sansone, at 215-302-3334, or via email at a.sansone@fallstwppd.com.
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