Crime & Safety

Bucks Co. Man ID'd In Fatal Interstate 95 Crash

The Bucks County Coroner has identified the man killed in a three-car crash that closed northbound I-95 early Monday morning.

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — The man killed in a three-car crash that closed northbound Interstate 95 early Monday morning has been identified.

Bucks County Coroner Patti Campi identified the 65-year-old Levittown man as Charles Lufkin.

The coroner said that an autopsy was conducted on Tuesday, but that Lufkin's cause of death has not been revealed pending the results of a toxicology test.

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The Pennsylvania State Police Troop M - Trevose Station is investigating the crash that happened at 4:58 a.m. Monday on northbound Interstate 95 at Mile Marker 37.8 in Bensalem Township.

State Police said a 2008 Ford Fusion, driven by Lufkin, struck the center barrier, killing him.

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The crash also involved a 2006 Volkswagen Jetta, driven by a 43-year-old Camden, N.J., man, and a 2005 Nissan 350Z, driven by a 68-year-old man from Philadelphia, police said.

The highway was closed for over four hours due to the crash, reopening at 9:30 a.m., police said.

The coroner expressed her sincere condolences to the victim's family.

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