PA Man Richard Pieper ID’d As Victim In Thursday Gap Fatal Motorcycle Crash

Oct 30, 2026

ByTHECOUNT.COM

GAP, PA. (THECOUNT) — Richard Pieper, 62, of Paradise, Pennsylvania, has been identified as the motorcyclist killed in an early Thursday morning collision involving a sedan in Lancaster County.

According to the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office, the crash occurred around 4:56 a.m. Oct. 29, at Lincoln Highway and Simmontown Road in Salisbury Township, near Gap.

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Pieper was pronounced dead at the scene.

He was transported to the Lancaster County Forensic Center, where an autopsy determined that he died from multiple traumatic injuries.

His death was ruled accidental.

The fatal collision occurred in eastern Lancaster County, within Pennsylvania’s Lancaster metropolitan area. Lincoln Highway, also known as U.S. Route 30, is a major east-west corridor through the region. The reported crash location was near its intersection with Simmontown Road.

Google Maps: Lincoln Highway and Simmontown Road, Salisbury Township, PA (approximate intersection; link not independently verified)

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