On 09/06/2021 at 1129 hours, Ephrata Police responded to a motor vehicle crash with entrapment in the area of Parkview Heights Rd. and Bethany Rd., Ephrata Township.  An SUV, driven by Matthew Hill of Ephrata, sustained significant damage after striking a tree, resulting in the serious bodily injury of Hill's four passengers.  The Ephrata Police Department's Crash Reconstruction Team conducted an investigation and obtained pre-crash and crash data from the vehicle's airbag control module, which identified the vehicle as traveling between 93 and 57 miles per hours in the 5 seconds prior to the crash. This portion of Parkview Heights Rd. is a properly posted 35 miles per hour zone.

Hill was charged with 4 counts of aggravated assault by vehicle, 4 counts of recklessly endangering another person, 1 count of exceeding the maximum speed limit by 58 miles per hours, 1 count of driving vehicle at safe speed, 1 count of driving on right side of roadway, and 1 count of operation of vehicle without official certificate of inspection. 

Hill is presumed innocent.