Falls Township Police are investigating a fatal accident that took place in the Morrisville section of the township Monday morning.
According to police, at approximately 7:30 a.m. this morning officers were dispatched to area of Brown’s Trailer Park, 1900 block of Bristol Pike, Morrisville to investigate a motor vehicle accident involving a struck pedestrian.
The preliminary investigation, Lt Chris Clark said, determined that a 53-year-old male from Trenton, New Jersey, was operating a heavy-duty pickup truck with an attached 24′ landscaping trailer when he began to back the vehicle and trailer up along Bristol Pike.
Unbeknownst to the driver and his passengers, police said, a 76-year-old male from Morrisville was standing in the area of the rear of the trailer and was struck and rolled over on.
Levittown-Fairless Hill Rescue Squad transported the male to Saint Mary Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries, Clark said.
The operator and passengers of the striking vehicle did not sustain any injuries.
As of this time, drugs, alcohol, or a medical emergency are not suspected to factors in causation, police said in a press release.
Anyone having witnessed the accident, or who may have surveillance/security camera footage depicting the accident is asked to contact the assigned investigator, Corporal Alexander Sansone, at (215) 302-3334, or via email at a.sansone@fallstwppd.com.