PSP: Pennsylvania man killed in crash that split vehicle in half

MONTEREY, Pa. (WHTM) -- A Reading man was killed in a two-vehicle crash in eastern Berks County Friday morning.

State Police at Reading identified the victim as Tulio Espinoza Canales, 36, of Reading.

Troopers said the crash happened around 5:30 a.m. Friday in the area of 15380 Kutztown Road (U.S. Route 222) in Maxatawny Township, west of Kutztown borough.

Espinoza Canales was heading northbound on U.S. 222 in a 1999 Honda CRV when he entered the southbound lane to pass a vehicle ahead.

A tractor trailer, driven by a Staten Island man, was headed southbound and the vehicles collided.

Troopers said the Honda was split in half and Espinoza Canales was ejected from the car.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the truck was not injured.

Kutztown Fire, Topton EMS, Fleetwood Fire Police, and the Berks County Coroner's Office assisted at the scene.