Trucker, 2 others die when tanker loaded with jet gas crashes, burns

A truck driver and two different individuals died Saturday morning when a tanker loaded with jet gas crashed into two stopped vehicles on the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Northeast Extension (Interstate 476) in Montgomery County close to Philadelphia.

Police and media stories say a automobile had stopped in the proper lane due to a flat tire. A second automobile’s driver stopped behind it to lend help. The tanker couldn’t cease and slammed into the 2 stopped automobiles and all three caught hearth.

The truck driver in addition to the motive force and a passenger within the second automobile died within the crash. The motive force of the automobile that stopped with the flat tire was hospitalized with what first responders stated have been non-life-threatening accidents. There was a passenger in that automobile, however their situation was unknown.

The turnpike was closed in each instructions for a lot of the day. The southbound lanes reopened Saturday night and the northbound lanes reopened early Sunday.

Some residents in properties close to the crash web site have been evacuated for a brief time period Saturday.