Bristol Township police traffic investigators are still working to piece together the crash that lead to the death of a 53-year-old man from Levittown.
He was struck by a green 1997 Ford Explorer driven by a 47-year-old Levittown man. Despite being taken to St. Mary Medical Center in Middletown by the Levittown-Fairless Hills Rescue Squad, he was pronounced dead a short time later, police said.
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The crash happened nine minutes before 8 p.m. as the man crossed the westbound lane of Emilie Road (toward Indian Creek) just past Woerner Avenue.
A resident of the nearby the Goldenridge section said she heard a thump and police flooded the area and closed the road a few minutes later.
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Beer cans that were part of a pack the man was carrying at the time he was struck littered the roadway along with the man’s sneaker and hat, bystanders said.
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Sgt. Chuck Burns told LevittownNow.com the preliminary investigation shows the pedestrian may be at fault.
Bristol Township Fire Police volunteers closed down a portion of Emilie Road until 11:17 p.m.
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Anyone with information on the fatal crash is caked to call Officer Charles Winik at 267-812-3053.
