A routine workday on a rural stretch of Chestnut Street in Upper Milford Township turned deadly Thursday when a commercial box truck left the road and overturned, killing its driver, 42-year-old Camden father and trucker Clarence E. Reynolds. Emergency crews found Reynolds thrown from the cab and pinned beneath the overturned truck, and he was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:04 p.m. Authorities shut down the 4500 block of Chestnut Street, just north of Beck Road, while they documented the crash and cleared the wreckage.
Crash details and autopsy
Pennsylvania State Police said the truck failed to stay in its lane, drifted off the right shoulder, hit a utility pole and then a tree, and ultimately rolled onto its driver’s side. The impact ejected Reynolds and left him under the vehicle. An autopsy completed Friday determined that he died from multiple blunt-force trauma, and Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio ruled the death an accident, according to Daily Voice.
Who is investigating
The Pennsylvania State Police’s Fogelsville station and the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office are continuing to investigate how the crash unfolded. The Lehigh County Coroner's Office lists Daniel A. Buglio as coroner, and the Pennsylvania State Police outlines how the agency handles crash reports and public information for cases like this.
Family, social posts and community
Friends and relatives took to social media after the wreck to remember Reynolds as a devoted father. Just five days before the crash, he had been at Sesame Place with his young daughter. Hours before the fatal rollover, he shared a post that read, “A man's age doesn't make him grown... his priorities do,” as reported by Daily Voice.
What investigators will review
In reconstructing a commercial-vehicle crash, officials typically scrutinize the truck’s mechanical condition, roadway markings and surface conditions, and any available video or witness accounts. The Pennsylvania State Police provides public information releases and crash-report procedures that guide how investigators compile and share their findings.
Anyone with information or dash-cam footage from the area is asked to contact the Pennsylvania State Police Troop M Fogelsville Station. As of publication, the family had not announced funeral arrangements, and the community was left mourning the sudden loss of a local father.
