A motorcyclist has been identified after a crash with a dump truck killed him Monday morning in Pennsylvania, officials said. Francis M. Gonzalez, 31, of Reading was riding north on Route 222 when the ... Read More

A water main break has closed a stretch of highway in Berks County and led to a boil water advisory in parts of Reading Tuesday. County dispatchers say Route 61 is ... Read More

A man is facing charges after allegedly firing a gun at another car on Route 422 in Berks County while three children were in his vehicle, according to the Exeter Township Police Department. Read More

A motorcyclist was killed in a crash involving another vehicle in northern Berks County, authorities said. Emergency crews were dispatched to the intersection of Shartlesville Road and Bernville Road ... Read More

A crash involving two vehicles and a motorcycle briefly shut down part of Route 422 eastbound in West Reading on Monday. Read More

A multi-vehicle crash involving school buses is causing major delays on US-30 in Lancaster County. The crash happened on the eastbound side just west of the exit for US-222 North toward I-76 / Reading ... Read More

A Schuylkill County man died in Reading Hospital following a crash late Wednesday on Interstate 78 in northwestern Berks County, state police said. The 49-year-old man was in his disabled car, which ... Read More

Alex Seigfried, 24, of Bernville was pronounced dead by doctors at Reading Hospital at 7:37 p.m., according to the coroner's office. Read More

Monday-Thursday: Route 422 in both directions, Penn Street interchange to Interstate 176, Reading and Cumru, bridge repair at various locations, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Wednesday: Route 73, Ironstone ... Read More

A multi-vehicle crash restricted a lane on westbound US 30 in Lancaster County near the US 222 North exit for Ephrata and Reading. Read More

READING, Pa. - A 41-year-old man from Reading died in a crash on Route 222 near Kutztown. Authorities say Tulio Espinoza-Canales was heading north, but at one point he entered the southbound lanes, ... Read More

Eleven children were taken to Reading Hospital after a crash involving two school buses this morning on Route 12 in Reading. The accident happened shortly before 8 a.m. on westbound Route 12 between ... Read More

A worker suffered burns at an Ontelaunee Township scrapyard when a spark ignited a pan of waste fuel, causing a fire that spread to an adjacent pole building, fire officials said Tuesday. The accident ... Read More

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One eastbound lane remains closed between the Lebanon / Lancaster Interchange and the Reading Interchange, Turnpike officials said. The crash was reported at 2:20 p.m. Read More

Route 422 in South Heidelberg and Lower Heidelberg townships was impacted by the fatal crash Wednesday morning. Read More

Route 422 in South Heidelberg and Lower Heidelberg townships will be closed in both directions for an extended period because of a crash, officials with Berks County Emergency Services said. The ... Read More

South Heidelberg police are investigating a fatal crash early Wednesday that has shut down a section of Route 422. Read More

The impact of Reading & Northern's passenger operations, which recently celebrated their 40th anniversary, may best be illustrated by this: A bank in Jim Thorpe - the home of R&N's Lehigh Gorge Scenic ... Read More

Champion jockey Oisin Murphy, 29, has been fined £70,000 for a drink driving offence after he crashed his car into a tree in Berkshire. The 29-year-old appeared at Reading Magistrates' Court on ... Read More

drivers can expect delays during overnight trips on Route 222 between Reading and Lancaster. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is preparing to repave the highway in East Cocalico and ... Read More

Cleanup after a box truck fire in the area of Route 222 and Route 61 in Muhlenberg Township has northbound traffic reduced to a single lane, Berks County emergency officials said about 7:30 a.m. The ... Read More

Pa. - One person is dead after a crash involving at least two cars on Route 422 in Berks County, according to police. Penn Ave (RT 422) was closed between Big Spring Road and Palm Road in ... Read More

The Route 61 Diner in Reading, Pennsylvania is exactly that kind of revelation. Nestled along its namesake highway, this classic American diner with its unmistakable retro exterior might not look like ... Read More

Two Indian students from Cleveland State University tragically died in a car crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Lancaster County. Saurav Prabhakar, 23, and Manav Patel, 20, were pronounced dead at ... Read More

Two people died and one was injured in a one-vehicle crash Saturday near the Reading Interchange on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, according to pennlive.com. Read More

Fulton Township, PA (May 7, 2025) - A Class 2 vehicle accident with reported injuries took place Tuesday in southern Lancaster County. The collision occurred at the intersection of Robert Fulton Hwy ... Read More

A Pennsylvania man was killed in a rollover crash at midday Tuesday. According to State Police at Reading, the crash happened around 12:26 p.m. Tuesday on ... Read More

A $7.6 million PennDOT project on Route 222 will affect traffic near the Berks-Lancaster line. (Courtesy of PennDOT) Weather permitting, milling will be performed on northbound Route 222 from 8 p ... Read More

The closure is creating traffic headaches as cars and trucks spill onto nearby streets, leading to confusion and congestion. Read More

Four members of a drug-trafficking organization - including a Reading man - that mailed millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine and cocaine to and distributed the drugs in eastern Pennsylvania ... Read More

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Four members of a drug trafficking ... multiple locations, including Reading, Quakertown, Bensalem, Plymouth Township, Coopersburg and elsewhere. In January 2024, the four ... Read More

A woman from Schuylkill County has been identified as the victim of a fatal crash in Berks County on Tuesday. According to the Pennsylvania State Police at Reading, the crash occurred around 3:30pm on ... Read More

Route 222 is closed in Maxatawny Township after a vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon, county emergency services said. The northbound and southbound lanes are closed between Long Lane and Topton Road. Read More

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STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE / WYOU) - Communities across Northeastern Pennsylvania want to make ... of the easy '?on-and-off access'? to the interstate highway system. Read More

Monday-Friday: Hill Road, Furnace Street to Route 422 / Penn Avenue, Heidelberg Township, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. ' Monday-Friday: Interstate 78 / westbound, Exit 30 (Hamburg) to Exit 35 (Route 143), brush ... Read More

Pennsylvania State Police - Reading, have released more information on the fatal crash on Route 222 Friday morning. According to police, the crash happened at around 5:30 a.m. on Kutztown Road ... Read More

A Lehigh County woman was seriously injured during the Tuesday afternoon rush when her car collided head-on with an SUV on Route 222 in Maxatawny Township, state police at Reading said. Raya M. Read More

The first phase involves a congested section of the Route 422 expressway mired by left exits and competing movements, between the Buttonwood Street Bridge underpass in West Reading and the Interstate ... Read More

The first phase involves a congested section of the Route 422 expressway mired by left exits and competing movements, between the Buttonwood Street Bridge underpass in West Reading and the Interstate ... Read More

There were no injuries in either accident, although both sides of Route 422 were partially closed, police said. Read More

The motorcyclist killed in a crash on Interstate 81 was identified by the Pennsylvania State Police and his family on Monday, Sept. 2. Glen "Jose" Leon Veliz, 38, of Reading, died at the scene of the ... Read More

The crash happened on Rt 30 by Exit: PA 23 East - New Holland Ave / Pike and Exit: US 222 North - Ephrata / Reading around 10 p.m., according to PennDOT. Emergency crews arrived at the scene to find ... Read More

The crash happened on Rt 30 by Exit: PA 23 East - New Holland Ave / Pike and Exit: US 222 North - Ephrata / Reading around 10 p.m., according to PennDOT. Emergency crews arrived at the scene to find ... Read More

The Berks County coroner's office said a 20-year-old Reading man was killed when his car hydroplaned on a large puddle on Route 222 in Maidencreek Township ... north of Dries Road shortly ... Read More

The crash occurred within a work zone at mile marker 31 on I-78 in Hamburg Borough shortly before 8:30 a.m ... and spending time with his family in North Carolina. West Reading, PA (April 27, 2024) - ... Read More

A multi-vehicle crash occurred on US 222 southbound, 1 mile south of Exit: PA 272 by Oregon Pike around 4:55 p.m. in Lancaster County, according to the 511PA map. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News ... Read More

The vehicle drove into the CVS on North Reading Road in Ephrata Township at 12:59 p.m. According to Lancaster County dispatch, the store and the vehicle are both damaged. No other vehicles were ... Read More

A tractor-trailer overturned on Route 422 near Trooper Road in Oaks, Pennsylvania, blocking the eastbound side of the highway. Autoblog ... Read More

Pa. - Police in Reading say a teen operating ... any property," Manmiller said. The 15-year-old driver is facing charges including unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, fleeing and eluding and multiple ... Read More

Pa. - Emergency officials closed a stretch of Route 422 in Exeter Twp ... was pronounced dead at Reading Hospital. The passenger and the tractor trailer driver were not seriously injured, police ... Read More

READING, Pa. -- It was an unusual sight in Reading on Friday as a convoy helped turn the clock back to the 1940s. Penn Street in Reading was transformed when military vehicles rolled a nostalgic ... Read More

Officials have named the driver who died after a crash near Bernville on Thursday morning, May 30. Daniel R. Schneider, 28, was headed south on the 6400 block of Bernville Road / Route 183 in Penn ... Read More

A 28-year-old Reading man was the driver killed in a head-on crash Thursday on Route 183 near Bernville, the Berks County coroner's office said Friday. Daniel R. Schneider was pronounced dead at 4:54 ... Read More

BRECKNOCK TWP., Pa. - A bad accident closed a portion of Route 222 near the border of Berks and Lancaster counties Tuesday. It happened just after 1 p.m. in the southbound lanes near the Adamstown ... Read More

BUT THIS RECENT ECONOMIC DATA MAY DELAY THOSE CUTS LATER IN Crews responded to West Main Street (Route 272) near the South Reading Road (Route 322) overpass in Ephrata Borough just before 12:30 p.m. Read More

One driver had to be freed from the wreckage by emergency personnel after a head-on crash Monday morning on Bernville Road (Route 183) in Bern Township that sent both drivers to Reading Hospital, ... Read More

When he was interviewed later that day the Reading man confirmed much of what the Honey Brook police chief had said happened after a routine traffic stop, including that he had sped from the scene ... Read More

A 90-year-old Reading resident was killed Jan. 22 in a Brecknock Township crash, according to state police. Read More

READING, Pa. - The traffic signal at one of the city's busiest intersections was malfunctioning Monday, officials with the City of Reading say. The light at Lancaster Avenue and Morgantown Road ... Read More

Dec. 22-Something inside Lee Heckrote told him something was wrong, that something bad had happened. The 41-year-old from Sinking Spring has been delivering newspapers for the Reading Eagle for the ... Read More

Nov. 2-Route has reopened between George Street and East Bellevue Avenue in Muhlenberg Township following a multi-vehicle accident, Berks County emergency officials said. The crash happened about 6 ... Read More

A 21-year-old Pennside man was driving over 20 mph above the speed limit when his SUV crashed into the back of a box truck on Route 222 in Spring Township last October, investigators said. Read More

Reading, PA (October 13, 2023) - An accident disrupted traffic early Friday, October 13, 2023, on State Route 422 E. The incident occurred near the Penn St. Bridge, prompting officials to close the ... Read More

US 422 East Business - Penn St / Reading, as of 9:09 a.m., according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The police noted that this includes a closure at the Penn St. Bridge. West Reading ... Read More

A Maidencreek Township man was pronounced dead along Route 222 northbound Wednesday night in Maidencreek Township after being struck by an unknown vehicle while riding a bicycle. Read More

All lanes of Route 222 in Muhlenberg and Ontelaunee townships ... An inspection team was dispatched and reported that both directions of the highway needed to be closed. A contractor was hired ... Read More

Cornwells Heights-Eddington, Wissinoming, Feasterville-Trevose, Churchville ... Turnpike between mile markers 337 and 358. Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 26 and 40. Read More

John L. Hartman, 35, of Upper Bern Township, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2020 as a result of a tragic accident. Born in Reading, he was the son of Michael A. Hartman, Upper Bern Twp., ... Read More

An one-vehicle accident is snarling traffic on Route 422 east in Cumru Township near the I-176 exit. Initial reports indicate that a vehicle crashed into a concrete barrier along the road. Read More