Update on Fatal Accident on Route 222
Authorities have confirmed that the victim killed in Monday’s Route 222 crash near the Kutztown Road overpass was an 18-month-old girl. According to the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office, the child was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest, where she was pronounced dead at 1:24 p.m. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday, October 29. The investigation remains ongoing as officials review possible causes of the crash.
Original News
Richmond Township, PA (October 28, 2025) – A fatal multi-vehicle crash on Route 222 on Monday morning, 27th October, 2025, claimed one life and left several others injured, according to the Fleetwood Police Department.
Emergency crews responded to the scene near the Kutztown Road overpass around 10:52 a.m., where officers found three vehicles involved, one of which had flipped off the bridge after a violent collision.
Fleetwood Police Chief Dale Ulshafer confirmed that one person was pronounced dead at the scene and multiple others sustained injuries, including several in critical condition.
Investigators said that a southbound vehicle crossed the grassy median into the oncoming northbound lanes, striking two other vehicles. The car that crossed over sustained the most severe impact and was found overturned below the overpass.
“The southbound vehicle that crossed over had multiple injuries, most of them critical, and one fatality,” Chief Ulshafer stated.
The Berks County Crash Reconstruction Team is leading the investigation, which remains ongoing as authorities work to determine what caused the vehicle to lose control.
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