Douglassville man dies from Oct. 2 crash injuries

A violent crash on Route 23 near the I-176 Interchange in Morgantown left one car flattened and forced a box truck down an embankment Oct. 2. Photo courtesy of Twin Valley Fire Department
A violent crash on Route 23 near the I-176 Interchange in Morgantown left one car flattened and forced a box truck down an embankment Oct. 2. Both drivers were taken to Reading Hospital by ambulance. The driver of the box truck was released the same day, but the driver of the sedan died in the hospital Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Twin Valley Fire Department
A violent crash on Route 23 near the I-176 Interchange in Morgantown left one car flattened and forced a box truck down an embankment Oct. 2, 2013. The driver of this sedan recently died from his injuries. (Photo courtesy of Twin Valley Fire Department)

By Evan Brandt | ebrandt@pottsmerc.com | The Pottstown Mercury

PUBLISHED: October 18, 2013 at 12:57 p.m. | UPDATED: August 22, 2021 at 4:09 a.m.

MORGANTOWN – A 78-year-old Douglassville man has died from injuries incurred Oct. 2 when his car was crushed by a tractor-trailer, the Berks County coroner has confirmed.

Richard M. Graves died Tuesday at Reading Hospital from trauma from multiple internal injuries, Terri Straka, a deputy Berks County coroner, said Friday.

The accident occurred on Route 23 near the Interstate 176 interchange about 11 a.m. Oct. 2 and left Graves’ car flattened and forced a truck carrying produce down an embankment.

In an Oct. 4 report in the Tri-County Record, Caernarvon Police Chief Paul Stolz said the accident appeared to have occurred as Graves was attempting to make a left turn onto Route 23 from Morview Boulevard, and the driver of the truck was traveling east on Route 23.

The driver of the truck, 58-year-old Issa Sallit of Lehigh County, was treated and released from Reading Hospital for minor injuries, according to an Oct. 18 report in The Reading Eagle.

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