Overview
- Emergency crews responded to the former E. J. Breneman Quarry in Spring Township after reports that a vehicle went into the water and found a submerged car at the scene.
- A male teenager was pronounced dead at the site by the coroner after responders recovered the vehicle from the quarry.
- Officials have identified the victim as an 18-year-old but are not releasing his name until his family has been notified.
- An autopsy has been scheduled at Reading Hospital and the Berks County Coroner’s Office and Spring Township Police Department are leading the active investigation.
- Investigators reported tire tracks and debris leading toward the quarry and used divers to confirm the car’s location as they work to determine how the vehicle entered the water.