Reading woman dies of crash injuries

A Reading woman died early Tuesday, April 13, of injuries suffered when her car collided with a pickup truck Sunday, April 11, in Exeter Township, Berks County acting Coroner Jonn M. Hollenbach said.

Stacey Ehrhardt, 45, was pronounced dead at 1:35 a.m. in Reading Hospital by a trauma doctor. She died of multiple injuries, and the coroners’ office ruled her death as accidental, Hollenbach said.

Exeter police said Ehrhardt was driving west in the 5200 block of Oley Turnpike Road between Glen Oley Drive and Ritters Road when she lost control on a curve, and the car spun into the opposite lane. A westbound pickup truck driven by Mark Kugler, 55, of Oley collided nose-first with the passenger side of the car, police said.

Kugler was evaluated at the scene for minor injuries but didn’t need to be transported to a hospital.

Ehrhardt was freed from the vehicle by rescue personnel from the Exeter Township Fire Department.