The elderly female driver of a red Kia died en route on a Tri-Hampton Rescue Squad ambulance to St. Mary's Medical Center from injuries suffered in a severe crash with a rolloff dumpster truck Tuesday afternoon on East Bristol Road in Warminster Township, on the border with Northampton Township in Bucks County.
The victim's son confirmed his mother's death on CentralBucksNow's Facebook post on the crash, and the Bucks County District Attorney's Office confirmed the death to CBS Philadelphia.
The victim's name has not yet been released by Warminster Police or the district attorney. The investigation was conducted by Warminster Police and the district attorney's crash team, according to authorities.
CentralBucksNow has reached out to the patient's family for comment, and we will publish an update if and when a reply is received.
The victim became trapped in her car after the crash with a Tinari Container Service dumpster truck around 3:22 p.m., between Wordsworth Drive in Northampton Township and Newtown Road in Warminster, according to Bucks County emergency dispatch and reports.
The sedan was destroyed in the crash and in the rescue: The roof was completely cut off by first responders and the front end and driver’s side sustained severe damage in the crash, scattering debris across East Bristol Road.
The truck was carrying a large dumpster and sustained severe front-end damage to its driver side and front left wheel and axle.
The helicopter landed at Warminster Community Park around 3:45 p.m. for transport of the victim. However, according to Bucks County Office of Communications for the DA, via information given by county prosecution and the crash team, the patient was taken by ambulance.
Northampton Township Police, Northampton Fire Co., and Tri-Hampton Rescue Squad assisted at the scene.
Editor's Note: This story was amended to reflect that the patient was taken via ambulance to St. Mary's Medical Center and not via Temple MedFlight to Temple University Hospital.
