Tilden Township Police are investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred sometime overnight and was discovered by a passerby at about 7:14 a.m. on July 8.
Tilden Township Police report that Hunter Schlachter, 19, Orwigsburg, was driving a 2003 Honda Civic east on Mountain Road approaching Tilden Road in Tilden Township. The vehicle struck the guiderail on the right side of the roadway, drifted across the westbound lane and left the roadway. The vehicle then struck a wooden fence post on a property along Mountain Road. The vehicle continued eastbound through a field before impacting with a metal livestock gate.
Schlachter was pronounced deceased on scene.
Assisting on scene were Hamburg Police Department, Hamburg EMS, Union Fire Company #1 of Hamburg, Shartlesville Fire Company, Hamburg Fire Police and Shartlesville Fire Police.
Investigation is on going.