Perry County Fatal Accident Investigated

The Lancaster Post of the Highway Patrol is investigating a one vehicle early morning fatal accident. It happened on Reading Township Road 121 in Reading Township in Perry County around 3:25 am. Troopers say an SUV was traveling east on Township Road 121 when it traveled off the left side of the road, struck a stump and overturned. A juvenile occupant of the vehicle was ejected and pronounced dead by the Perry County Coroner’s Office. Lt. S.E. Caplinger says the crash remains under investigation and alcohol is suspected.