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Amilcar Cortez-Ramos
Age : 29
Gender : Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 08/10/2023
Location : Route 61 and Cross Keys Road
City : Ontelaunee Township
County : Berks
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Northern Berks Regional Police Department
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed during police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 08/09/2023, at approximately 10:15 p.m., a Northern Berks Regional Police Department officer observed several motorcycles traveling southbound on Route 61 at what police described as a high rate of speed. The officer attempted to stop the motorcycles near the intersection of Route 61 and Route 73. The motorcycles accelerated away. Because of their speed, the officer did not continue the attempted stop.
A few minutes later, officers came upon a crash at the intersection of Route 61 and Cross Keys Road. Amilcar J. Cortez-Ramos, 29, was riding one of the motorcycles when it struck the rear of a sedan that was stopped at a red traffic signal. Cortez-Ramos was thrown from the motorcycle and pronounced dead at the scene by the Berks County Coroner. The coroner ruled the death an accident caused by multiple traumatic injuries. Police did not release information about the occupants of the sedan.
The crash remained under investigation by the Northern Berks Regional Police Department with assistance from the Berks County Coroner's Office. The officer involved in the attempted stop was not publicly identified.
