Man killed in head-on crash

Cops: Driver swerved into path of oncoming pickup truck

EXETER>> A head-on collision between a car and a pickup truck has left one man dead Friday afternoon, according to authorities.

The victim was identified Saturday by the Berks County Coroner’s Office as Kyle T. Eck, 23, of Exeter.

Exeter Police were called to the scene of an accident involving two vehicles on Daniel Boone Road near the entrance to Daniel Boone Homestead at around 1:44 p.m.

Upon investigation, police found that Michael Ferguson, 48, of Birdsboro, had been travelling northbound in a black Dodge Ram pickup truck on Daniel Boone Road near Valley Road. Ferguson had been travelling away from Route 422 near the Daniel Boone Homestead en- trance when a red 1997 Monte Carlo operated by Eck was travelling southbound approaching Ferguson. The Monte Carlo is believed to have crossed the double yellow center line into Ferguson’s lane, police said. The vehicles collided head-on, causing severe front damage and airbag deployment in both vehicles.

Ferguson told investigators that he had no time to break or avoid the crash, according to police.

Ferguson was transported to Reading Hospital in West Reading by Exeter EMS for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

A small fire broke out in the engine of the Monte Carlo and was put out by Exeter Township Fire Department.

Eck was trapped inside the Monte Carlo and pronounced dead at the scene by the Berks County Coroner’s Office.

Exeter Police, Exeter Fire Department and EMS, Birdsboro Fire De-

partment, Amity Township Police, Exeter Fire Police, the Berks County Coroner’s Office and the Berks County District Attorney’s Crash Investigation Team all responded to the scene.

Detectives from the district attorney’s office routinely responde to accidents involving a fatality.

TOM KELLY III — FOR DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA One person was killed in this car in a crash on Daniel Boone Road in front of the Daniel Boone Homestead in Exeter Township Friday afternoon. Authorities at the scene confirmed the victim died after a head-on crash with a pickup truck on a sharp curve.

TOM KELLY III — FOR DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA Rescuers from Exeter and Birdsboro-Union Fire companies and Amity Township police assisted Exeter Township police at the scene of a fatal head-on crash Friday. There were other injuries. The two-lane roadway was shut down for the investigation.