An 82-year-old Bristol woman died Sunday from injuries sustained in a fiery crash that happened last Friday evening.
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Patricia Moldovan passed away at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia around 3:18 a.m. on Sunday. She suffered burns over 80 percent of her body after the crash that happened in the area of Woolston Drive and West Trenton Avenue outside the Commons of Fallsington in Falls Township’s Morrisville section, police said.
Moldovan was a passenger in a Honda minivan that was driving on southbound on Lincoln Highway toward Woolston Drive before it struck the center median and a traffic sign near the intersection. The minivan caught on fire and continued driving on Woolston Drive while leaving a trail of fuel before coming to rest outside of the Commons of Fallsington and becoming full engulfed in flames.
Passenger Rita Pileggi, 82, of Bristol Township’s Croydon section, died after she was trapped in the vehicle.
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Fred Pileggi, 82, of Croydon, remains at Temple University Hospital in critical condition as of Monday, police said.
Angela Stanton, 80, of Bristol, was in the vehicle and escaped injury.
Anyone with information on the wreck has been asked to contact Officer Jeff Rhodunda at 215-949-9100 ext. 442 or j.rhodunda@fallstwp.com.
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