Man, 22, killed in Roxborough crash

February 13, 2012|BY MORGAN ZALOT, zalotm@phillynews.com215-854-5928

A 22-year-old man was killed Monday afternoon in a car accident in Roxborough, police said.

The man was driving a Volkswagen on Henry Avenue near Monastery at 1:34 p.m. when he hit a curb and swerved into oncoming traffic, colliding head-on with another vehicle, spokeswoman Officer Tanya Little said.

He was taken to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:10 p.m. Police have not released the victim's identity.

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The driver of the other vehicle suffered only minor cuts and bruises, Little said, and was treated at Temple and released.

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