The Berks County Coroner’s Office has released the cause and manner of death for a man who was found deceased inside a vehicle following a fire in Cumru Township earlier this year.
According to Berks County Coroner Matthew J. Stitzel, 44-year-old Elvin Francisco De La Cruz Martinez, of the 800 block of Chestnut Street in Reading, died as a result of thermal burns and smoke inhalation. The manner of death was ruled accidental.
The incident occurred at approximately 3:23 a.m. on March 29, when the Reading Fire Department was dispatched to the area of South 9th Street for a reported fire. Upon arrival, firefighters discovered a fully involved vehicle fire in Cumru Township near the Reading city line…