4-vehicle accident on Friday
BUTLER TWP — A four-vehicle accident left a pickup truck on its side around 3 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Greenwood Drive and Benbrook Road, according to police.
Ryan Fassinger, 18, of Harmony was driving a red Chevrolet Colorado and was stopped at a stop sign on Greenwood Drive heading west.
He went into traffic and collided with a Buick Enclave driven by Daniel Bunger, 71, of Harmony who had the right of way on Benbrook Road.
“When we stopped there’s a blind spot, and I didn’t see him, and when we saw him it was too late and we got hit,” Fassinger said.
The Colorado was hit on its back right side and collided head on with the blue Chevrolet Colorado of Jim Fleeger, 65, of Center Township.
Fleeger was stopped at the stop sign on Greenwood Drive heading east.
“I was sitting here at the stop sign and the next thing I know, pow,” Fleeger said.
The collision caused Fleeger’s truck to go backward, hitting the blue Chevrolet Cruze that was stopped behind it, causing a minor dent to the front end of the car.
The woman driving the Cruze was not injured. Also not injured were Fleeger; Fassinger; Fassinger’s 17-year-old passenger; Bunger; and Bunger’s passenger, 64-year-old Kim Bunger, of Harmony.
Fassinger’s truck ended up on its left side in the middle of Greenwood Drive. The blue Colorado and Enclave sustained severe front-end damage, while the Enclave’s airbags deployed and its windshield cracked.
Both Colorados and the Enclave were towed.
Butler Township Fire Department, Butler Township Police Department, South Butler Fire Department and Butler Ambulance Service were on the scene.
Greenwood Drive and Benbrook Road were limited to one way for about an hour while debris was cleared from the roads and emergency responders waited for the vehicles to be towed.
