Montgomery County Man Charged In Connection With Crash That Killed Motorcyclist

Editor's Note: To clear up any misconception for our readers, we wanted to stress that the defendant in this case is being charged in connection with this accident, but he is not being charged with the actual death of the motorcyclist. Patch did not want to mislead our readers in any way.

LIMERICK TOWNSHIP, PA — A Montgomery County man is facing criminal charges in connection with a vehicle crash this spring that left a motorcyclist dead and a passenger in need of trauma transport for serious injuries, according to media reports and court records.

Christopher Michael Cohen, Jr., 45, of Pottstown, has been charged with two misdemeanor DUI counts along with two summary traffic citations in connection with a May crash in Limerick that left a motorcycle rider dead and his passenger in need of serious medical attention, according to a report on WFMZ 69 News.

Court records show that Limerick Township Police filed the charges against Cohen back on June 20.

Cohen is scheduled to have a preliminary hearing on Aug. 31 before Magisterial District Judge Richard H. Welsh.

The summary citations lodged against Cohen include making an unsafe left turn and operating an unregistered vehicle.

The WFMZ 69 News report said that the accident occurred on May 18 at around 8 in the evening outside of a Kohl's shopping center in Limerick Township.

The story says that Cohen, who was driving a pickup truck, had turned onto a roadway at the same time the motorcycle was entering a turning lane, and that the incident caused the motorcycle to strike the truck.