Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Harleysville Man Dead after Skippack Crash

The 22-year-old was pronounced dead early Sunday morning.

Update - Nov. 4, 11 a.m.:

A 22-year-old Harleysville man was killed after his vehicle creashed on Skippack Pike and Kerr Road in Skippack Township just before 4 a.m. on Nov. 4, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.

Keith Michael Howe was reportedly traveling west on Skippack Pike at a high rate of speed when his vehicle continued to travel straight after the road curved to the left.

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Howe struck two utility poles before the vehicle stopped against a tree, police said.

Howe was confirmed dead at the scene.

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Previous story follows:

At least one person was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Skippack Pike at Kerr Road in Skippack Township overnight, according to Montco Alerts.

A vehicle overturned into the woods on Skippack Pike, near Stump Hall Road, at 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, closing roads in the area.

The coroner's office was on the scene.

More information will be reported as it becomes available.


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