Credit: Bensalem Fire Rescue
The man who was involved in two crashes in Bristol Township’s Croydon section and then slammed into a house in Bensalem Township before his vehicle plunged into the Neshaminy Creek died of drowning, according to the Bucks County Coroner’s Office.
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Coroner Meredith Buck identified the man as Michael Allan Fisher, 56. Police said he lived in Bristol Township.
Buck’s office has ruled Fisher’s death last Thursday morning as accidental, but the determination comes from the fact he was unable to escape the sinking Jeep and that there is no evidence he intended to die in the vehicle.
Details on what led up to the erratic actions before Fisher’s Jeep ended up in the creek still remain under investigation, police Lt. Ralph Johnson said.
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Toxicology results remain out and are likely due back in several weeks, Buck said.
Witnesses told police Fisher was spotted attempting to escape the vehicle after it ended up in the Neshaminy Creek behind the closed Water’s Edge Gastropub.
Police said last week that Fisher’s Jeep floated with the flow of the creek before it sank.
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The Bucks County Special Operations and Philadelphia Police Department’s dive teams descended into the murky creek water and discovered Fisher still in the vehicle. Fire crews from Bensalem and Croydon assisted.
Prior to the Jeep ending up in the water, it struck a house on Haunted Lane in Bensalem Township.
Minutes before, just past 8:30 a.m., Fisher and his Jeep ran the red light on Route 13 at Newportville Road. While going through the red light, the Jeep struck a gray Dodge Ram Pickup and kept going. Then, it rear-ended a black 2004 Honda sedan at Route 13 and Cedar Avenue.
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A large wrecker from Rob’s Towing and Automotive removed the Jeep from the creek.
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