SANATOGA PA – A minivan being driven Friday morning (Jan. 13, 2012) on Welsh Drive by an elderly Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township man who suffered some kind of medical emergency crashed into trees in the yard of a neighbor and was found slumped over in his seat by township police responding to the scene. He was later pronounced dead, and the cause is under investigation by the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office.
The driver was identified as Daniel Kranch, 77, a resident of the 2300 block of Welsh Drive, according to Ofc. Scott Weidenhammer.
It appears to police that Kranch left his home in his white Plymouth Voyager and was driving east on Welsh Drive when he suffered what was described as an “unknown medical emergency, and then veered of the roadway,” Weidenhammer said. His vehicle struck two trees – one each on the right and left sides – in the yard of 2252 Welsh, before coming to a stop.
Police, sent to the scene by dispatchers, found Kranch slumped over in the driver’s seat and unresponsive. They smashed out the front passenger side window to get into the vehicle, Weidenhammer said, and with the help of bystanders were able to get Kranch out and began to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Goodwill Ambulance then arrived, and its crew also began treatment, the officer added.
Kranch was pronounced dead following his arrival at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center.
Weidenhammer credited bystanders and Sanatoga Fire Company responders for providing assistance. His report did not mention when the coroner’s report would be issued.
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