Crime & Safety
Local Woman Dies in Crash
The 87-year-old woman went into cardiac arrest at the scene and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
A New Britain Township woman died in a car crash Monday afternoon at Route 309 and Richardson Road in Montgomery Township.
Anne Coffey, 87, of Edinboro Circle was behind the wheel of a white 1996 Ford Taurus and collided with a 2001 Dodge Ram pickup truck, police said.
The driver of the pickup truck, William Miller, 39, of East Old State Road in Sellersville, was uninjured, police said.
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Coffey was pulling out of the Heritage Executive Campus at 595 Bethlehem Pike when she hit the pickup truck, which was northbound on Route 309, police said.
A PennSTAR MedEvac helicopter was placed on standby, but stood down as Coffey went into cardiac arrest on the scene, according to a source familiar with the crash.
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Coffey was transported by a ambulance to Abington Health-Lansdale Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Police temporarily closed Route 309 to all traffic between Richardson Road and Line Street.
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