Pennsylvania State Police said the motorcycle involving in Wednesday afternoon’s fatal crash in Bristol Township was traveling at a “high rate of speed” leading up the wreck.
Troopers said the motorcycle – operated by Randy Reyes-Jaquez, 25, of Elizabeth, New Jersey – was speeding on I-95 northbound as a 2012 Chevrolet Cruze driven by a 37-year-old Bristol man was taking the Bristol Exit off to Veterans Highway (Route 413.) The motorcycle moved across lanes to get off at the exit and got in front of the Cruze. Moments later, the driver of the car reported seeing a large puff of dense white smoke and struck the motorcycle, which sent it across the off-ramp and Reyes-Jaquez into the car’s windshield, state police said.
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Reyes-Jaquez ended up on the roadway and was tended to by passersby who stopped before he was transported to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital in Philadelphia by the Bucks County Rescue Squad, state police said.
At the hospital, Reyes-Jaquez was pronounced dead, state police said.
The crash happened shortly before 2 p.m. and closed the I-95 northbound off-ramp into the evening. Debris was spread across the ramp.
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Reyes-Jaquez was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
The driver of the Cruze was uninjured.
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Anyone with information that could aid investigators has been asked to contact troopers at 215-942-3900 and reference case number PA 2020-200402.
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