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Jogger Killed on Lewis Road

The 18-year-old driver of the vehicle that struck her reportedly refused to give a statement to police.

 

A jogger was killed Monday afternoon when she was struck by a vehicle on N. Lewis Road in Limerick, Limerick Patch is reporting. 

Police said that a green Ford Focus traveling northbound on N. Lewis Road crossed into the southbound lane "for unknown reasons" and struck a woman wearing jogging clothes before hitting a utility pole.

The woman was not carrying identification when she was killed, but the department indicated on its Facebook page that it had tentatively identified her from information on her cell phone. 

The 18-year-old male driver of the Focus sustained minor injuries and was transported to Phoenixville Hospital for treatment. He refused to give a statement or consent to a search of his cell phone, police said later Monday.

Read the full story here.

About this column: Breaking news in neighboring communities. Related Topics: Car Accident, Dead Jogger, Jogger Killed, limerick township police, and phoenixville hospital

hacker70

8:54 am on Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Horrible accident but I could think of better places to jog than Lewis Road-

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Edward Dennis

10:15 am on Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Agreed Bill, Text messages are time stamped.

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growyourown

12:12 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013

18 and he refused a search of the cell phone? well he must have been texting so a search warrant will prove it and if thats the case he should do the max just for not co operating when he just killed someone. if he texting it is vehicular homicide now lets see if the parents help switch his phone out to cover it up

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George Hughes

12:42 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013

The parents can destroy the phone if they want but the carrier still has records of it .

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H8TR

12:49 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Poor judgement to jog. But Im sure its text related. Max sentence if proven.

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Lionel Hutz

1:00 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Chance are there is a geolocator for when and more importantly where the text messages were sent. This should keep them from saying the kid had a different phone at the time. Plus if this is proven and the parents lie on his behalf I would imagine that would be an obstruction of justice charge for them.

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Joe Phoenix

3:09 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013

So if someone refuses a breathalyzer test they are presumed guilty. That should be the case here.

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jjjj

5:18 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013

I go to school with the driver. He was seen smoking weed leaving the 7-11 parking lot. There was someone else in the car as they left. Must've ran off after the accident

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Summer

10:16 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013

This is why it is soo unsafe to jog on the road. jog at a park or on a trail. theres too many idiot drivers on the road to risk jogging on a busy road. btw it's a lil shady that the driver wont release the cell phone.

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Obama Remorse

9:19 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013

I'm not going to criticize the woman who died for jogging on the road - there are plenty of people who do, and clearly it was not her fault she was hit. Very sad.

And if true that the 18-yr old was high on pot, let's hear more from the potheads that post on here... Yeah, we need more of that...

But just an observation - we spend lots of government money creating bike trails and jogging trails, and I've been at township meetings and heard from avid joggers and bicyclists who push for them - but once built, they all think the trails are for pikers and still jog and bike on the road. Use the trails.

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HARLEY D

8:03 am on Thursday, March 7, 2013

Talking & Texting on cell phone while driving should have the same punishment as D.U.I. How many more people have to die before something is done about it...

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Mike Hayes

12:50 pm on Thursday, March 7, 2013

i used to ride my bike up lewis road everyday, and i stopped after a year ago someone almost hit me, but if they did i shouldnt have been riding on a busy road. Its a tragedy a women had to die, but this should finally show the burough should make designated jog and bike trails. My heart goes out to her family and friends.

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