Driver pulled from SUV after crash into mobile home, fire in Exeter Township

  • Source: WFMZ-TV Channel 69
  • Published: 09/16/2020 02:50 AM

A man was injured in a crash that set fire to his vehicle and a mobile home in Exeter Township late Tuesday night. The SUV slammed into the mobile home in the Brice Villa park on Perkiomen Avenue shortly after 10 p.m., according to the Exeter Township police. The vehicle, driven by a 61-year-old Birdsboro man, was going east in the 4700 block of Perkiomen when it crossed over the westbound lanes, went over an embankment and jumped the curb into the mobile home park, the police said. The SUV hit the home, and both the vehicle and the home burst into flames. Responding police officers and firefighters pulled the driver to safety, and he was taken to Reading Hospital for treatment of his injuries, the police said. The mobile home's resident was able to escape with minor injuries, according to the police.



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