Former firefighter Joe Kay was a passenger in an accident that is being investigated

The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office is investigating the death of a 35-year-old Hilltown man who died in an SUV crash earlier this week.

According to a press release from the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office on Thursday, Joseph Kay was a passenger in a Polaris side-by-side vehicle involved in a rollover accident during a police chase on June 2.

A Hilltown police officer spotted the Polaris, a recreational vehicle similar to a souped-up golf cart, on Mill Road at 1 a.m. and attempted to stop the unregistered vehicle after its driver partially ran off the road, the news release said.

In Pennsylvania, it is illegal to operate unregistered off-road vehicles on public roads.

More about the life of Joe KayPlumsteadville Fire Co. and community mourn the sudden death of former volunteer firefighter Joe Kay

The Polaris driver fled for about a half-mile down Green Street before losing control of his vehicle while attempting to turn right onto Rickert Road, prosecutors said.

The vehicle overturned and the driver, whose identity remains unknown, and Kay were ejected.

Kay was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy determined his cause of death was blunt force trauma, according to the Bucks County Coroner’s Office.

The driver complained of pain but refused medical treatment, the prosecutor said.

The accident remains under police investigation and prosecutors said any charges will be brought “at the appropriate time.”

Attempts since Tuesday to contact family and friends of Kay, a former Plumsteadville volunteer firefighter, have been unsuccessful, but a flood of social media posts have provided a glimpse into the life of a man who was much loved.

Kay worked as an electrician, but his passion was sprint racing, a high-performance short-distance racing sport in which open-top racing cars compete on dirt or paved circuits.

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