The Bucks County Coroner’s Office identified the man struck and killed earlier this week in Falls Township.
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John Citeroni, 76, of Morrisville, died after being struck by a pickup truck pulling a landscaping trailer Monday morning, according to a statement from the coroner to Patch.com.
Falls Township police were called around 7:30 a.m. to the 1900 block of Bristol Pike near Brown’s Trailer Park for reports of a pedestrian struck.
At the scene, Citeroni was located, and the Levittown-Fairless Hills Rescue Squad transported the injured pedestrian to St. Mary Medical Center.
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Citeroni was pronounced dead from injuries sustained in the incident.
According to police, a preliminary investigation found that a 53-year-old Trenton man was driving a heavy-duty pickup truck towing a 24-foot landscaping trailer when he began backing the rig up along Bristol Pike.
Police said the driver and his passengers were unaware that the Morrisville man was standing near the back of the trailer when the vehicle struck him.
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No other injuries were reported.
Drugs, alcohol and medical emergencies are not suspected to have contributed to the crash, police said.
Police have asked anyone who witnessed the incident or who has surveillance system video of the collision to contact Cpl. Alexander Sansone at 215-302-3334 or a.sansone@fallstwppd.com.
