On March 24, 2017 Joseph A. Mancinelli Jr. was taken into custody and charged with Homicide by vehicle and related offenses related to a fatal traffic accident on March 23, 2017. The accident occurred on Sandy Ridge Road between Iron Hill Road and Business Route 202 in Doylestown Township. Mancinelli was operating a 2000 Chrysler Cirrus south on Sandy Ridge Road when his vehicle entered the northbound lane and struck a 2004 Hyundai XG traveling northbound which was being operated by Patricia MacAllister, age 68 of Park Drive Doylestown, PA.
MacAllister was transported to Doylestown Hospital where she was pronounced dead from her injuries. Mancinelli was initially transported to Doylestown Hospital and was later airlifted to Jefferson Hospital for treatment of his injuries. On March 24, 2017 Mancinelli was released from Jefferson Hospital into the custody of the Doylestown Township Police and later arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Regina Armitage and committed to the Bucks County Prison after being unable to post bail which was set at $1,000,000 cash.