Crime & Safety

Woman Killed In Head-On Chester County Crash: Police

A Chevrolet Aveo struck a Jeep Wrangler head on Wednesday afternoon in North Coventry Township, killing a passenger of the Chevrolet.

NORTH COVENTRY TOWNSHIP, PA — A woman died in a Chester County head-on crash Wednesday afternoon, according to authorities.

The crash occurred at about 1:09 p.m. Wednesday on the 1200 block of South Hanover Street in North Coventry Township, police said.

Two vehicles were involved in the crash, and police found a black Chevrolet Aveo struck a green Jeep Wrangler head on.

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Drivers in both vehicles were taken to Reading Hospital by ambulance with non-life threatening injuries, however a passenger in the Chevy was pronounced dead at the scene.

The decedent's identity was not released.

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North Coventry Township Police are investigating the crash and ask anyone with information to contact them at 610-323-8360.

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