William Forbes dies in fatal Berks County car crash
Fatal Berks County car crash death of William Forbes
Seventy-year-old William Forbes from Hereford Township died on the 23rd of September, according to officials. State authorities reported that the total number of fatalities on Pennsylvania roads during 2024 has been recorded as 1,127.
State police announced on Monday that a 70-year-old man from Hereford Township was the driver involved in a head-on collision between two vehicles on Route 100 in eastern Berks County last week.
Berks County Deputy Coroner Hannah Cutshaw confirmed the death of William Forbes, who was 70 years old, at the accident location in Washington Township on the 23rd of September.
According to information provided by troopers from the Reading station:
Forbes was driving northbound on Route 100, near the point where Niantic Road connects, when his vehicle crossed the double-yellow divider into the opposite lane. This resulted in a collision with a southbound car being driven by David A. Dewey, aged 37, from Gilbertsville, Montgomery County.
Following the incident, Forbes’s car ended up on top of the southbound guide rail. Dewey’s vehicle came to a stop on its own in the southbound direction, facing westward.
Dewey and his 68-year-old passenger, who is female, were transported by ambulance to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest. They were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Emergency services from the Eastern Berks Fire Department and multiple local ambulance providers were dispatched to the scene to provide assistance.
