The driver of a tractor-trailer hauling gasoline lost control on an off-ramp and flipped the tanker truck on its side in a wreck that collapsed a section of the East Coast’s main north-south highway.
PHILADELPHIA — The driver of a tractor-trailer hauling gasoline lost control on an off-ramp and flipped the tanker truck on its side in a wreck that set it afire and destroyed a section of the East Coast’s main north-south highway, Pennsylvania's top transportation official said Monday.
Pennsylvania State Police said a body recovered from the wreckage on the off-ramp from I-95 has been turned over to the Philadelphia medical examiner and coroner. Authorities are in the process of identifying the remains, police said. Gov. Josh Shapiro said he “found myself thanking the Lord that no motorists who were on I-95 were injured or died."
The National Transportation Safety Board was on the scene Sunday night. Federal investigators have been collecting information about the truck and talking with the company and emergency responders in order to understand the sequence of events. They are expected to make a preliminary report within weeks.
Shapiro signed a disaster declaration Monday, saying it gives state agencies the ability to skip normal bidding-and-contracting requirements so the span can be repaired faster.High heat from the fire or the impact of an explosion could have weakened the steel beams supporting the overpass, according to Drexel University structural engineering Professor Abi Aghayere. Bridges like the one that collapsed don't typically have fire protection, like concrete casing, he added.
Joseph L. Schofer, a retired professor of civil and environmental engineering from Northwestern University, said a big challenge for PennDOT in quickly replacing the bridge could be getting heavy-duty steel beams of a hundred feet or more. In California, a similar situation happened with a highway ramp in Oakland. It was replaced in 26 days, he said.
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Officials say driver lost control of gas-filled tanker before fire collapsed main East Coast highwayThe driver of a tractor-trailer hauling gasoline lost control on an off-ramp and flipped the tanker truck on its side in a wreck that set it afire and collapsed a section of the East Coast’s main north-south highway
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Officials say driver lost control of gas-filled tanker before fire collapsed main East Coast highwayThe driver of a tractor-trailer hauling gasoline lost control on an off-ramp and flipped the tanker truck on its side in a wreck that set it afire and collapsed a section of the East Coast’s main north-south highway.
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