Royersford man dies after being shot in the head during road rage incident on Pa. Turnpike

The shooting happened on the Pa. Turnpike EB in Brecknock Township, between the Reading and Morgantown exits.

Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Royersford man dies after being shot in the head during road rage incident on Pa. Turnpike
State Police say the 40-year-old man from Royersford, who was shot in the head, died while in the hospital on Monday.

BRECKNOCK TWP., Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- A Montgomery County man has died after being shot in the head during a road rage shooting along the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Lancaster County.

State Police say the 40-year-old man from Royersford, who was shot in the head, died while in the hospital on Monday.

The suspected gunman, a 59-year-old man from North Dinwiddie, Virginia, took his own life.

Police say the gunman was driving in a white tractor-trailer and the victim was in a white flatbed truck.

The shooting happened last Friday around 1 p.m. on the Pa. Turnpike eastbound in Brecknock Township, near mile marker 291.3 between the Reading and Morgantown exits.

Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is asked to call police.