1 dead, 1 seriously injured in crash with West Chester ambulance, flipped car

One person is dead and another is in the hospital following a crash in West Chester Twp.

The crash occurred in the 8500 block of Beckett Road near Beckett Park around 5:40 p.m. Tuesday, according to Brianna Wooten, the township’s spokeswoman.

West Chester traffic safety units responded to the crash, which involved two vehicles, one of which was a West Chester Twp. ambulance returning from a trip to take a patient to the hospital, Wooten said.

The other vehicle, an Infiniti sedan, flipped onto its roof.

A damaged vehicle is seen on its top in a crash Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026 on Beckett Road in West Chester Twp. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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Wooten said at 6:56 p.m. that the vehicle’s two occupants were “seriously hurt,” and paramedics treated them at the scene before taking them to UC Health West Chester Hospital.

Then at 11:18 p.m., she confirmed one person had died.

There was no update on the condition of person injured in the crash, which is under investigation.

A damaged vehicle is seen on its top in a crash on Beckett Road in West Chester Twp. Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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