Lafayette Hill Man Cited After 4-Vehicle Metroplex Crash

A Lafayette Hill man has been cited for driving at an unsafe speed after a four-car crash on Gallagher and Chemical Roads in Plymouth Township that sent three to the hospital around 11 a.m. on May 11, police said.

Thomas Mansfield, 20, of Lafayette Hill, was traveling south on Chemical Road in a Honda Civic with a passenger when he struck Charles Longo, 77, as he was attempting to make a left from Chemical Road onto Gallagher Road in a Ford F-150, according to Plymouth Township Police.

The force of the crash caused Long’s vehicle to strike two other vehicles on Gallagher Road, both of which on sustained minor damage and there were no injuries reported.

Plymouth Ambulance removed Mansfield from his vehicle after he said that he couldn't feel his legs and was suffering from back pain.  Both Mansfield, and his passenger, 20 who complained of back and hip pain, were flown to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) for injuries.

PennSTAR helicopters landed in the Metroplex parking lot, and traffic in the area was snarled for nearly an hour.

Mansfield’s vehicle was severely damaged, “to the point where it appeared as though the front of the vehicle was the windshield,” according to a report.

Longo refused treatment at the scene, but he told police that he was going to the hospital to have himself examined after the crash.

Two of the witnesses from the crash stated that Mansfield was driving at a high rate of speed prior to the crash.

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