UNION TWP. (BERKS) >> A possible fatal accident occurred Thursday along Shed Road, near Route 724 in Union Township.
According to a witness at the scene, a large custom work truck drove down a steep hill on a curve shortly after 6 p.m. The truck ran off the right side of the road, skidded approximately 100 feet, went down an embankment, before hitting a tree and overturning.
Though State Police of Reading handling the investigation did not confirm a fatality, a witness saw a body lying on the ground under a white sheet. At one point three ambulances were spotted at the scene. By 8 p.m., Shed Road had been closed for more than an hour and a half between Routes 724 and 345 as the coroner investigated the accident.