Primos, PA : 69-year-old man killed in early-morning accident in Upper Darby on Tuesday September 6 2016

A 69-year-old man Haverford man was killed Tuesday morning when two vehicles collided on Township Line Road, about a block and a half away from the victim’s North Belfield Avenue home.

David Powers, of the 100 block of North Belfield Avenue in the township’s Havertown section, died at the scene, Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said.

Chitwood identified the driver of the striking vehicle as 31-year-old Donald Brake, who has addresses in the 400 block of Summit Avenue in Newtown Square and the 1200 block of Hollywood Avenue in Upper Darby. Uninjured, he was taken into custody on a probation violation out of Montgomery County, according to the superintendent.

Brake, a construction laborer, was apparently on his way to work when the accident occurred about 6:25 a.m.

“It looks like the victim is coming out of Havertown on Belfield, to make a left turn onto Township Line Road heading north. (Brake) is traveling south on Township Line toward Belfield,” Chitwood said, noting Powers was operating a 2003 Lexus and Brake was operating a 2016 Dodge Ram pickup truck.

“The pickup was the striking vehicle, striking the car on the driver’s side,” he continued. “The impact wound up on the Upper Darby side of Township Line Road.”

It took rescuers nearly 90 minutes to free Powers from the wreckage.

With toxicology and other issues including search warrants on both vehicles pending, Chitwood said, “This remains an active investigation.”

Additionally, investigators are trying to locate the driver of a minivan who was turning onto Belfield from Township Line Road, about the same time Powers was turning off Belfield onto Township Line Road.

“We believe this driver may have seen what happened and we are asking the driver to come forward,” Chitwood said.

Among the aspects under investigation is speed, according to Chitwood.

Historically, “Township Line Road is a speedway … everybody is in a hurry and I can’t use radar,” he said. “Only Pennsylvania State Police can use radar. I’ve been fighting that battle the 11 years I’ve been here. Pennsylvania is the only state in the country that doesn’t allow municipal police departments to use radar.

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Man, 69, killed in early-morning accident in Upper Darby