Truck Accidents 360 Newswire

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA, PA – On April 10, 2010, a man was trapped in his car after an early Saturday morning truck accident on a highway in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The collision between two semi trailers and a passenger vehicle occurred on Interstate 95 between the Walt Whitman Bridge and the Girard Point Bridge in South Philadelphia, PA. The accident area is in the far southeast section of the state near the Delaware River, 106 miles northeast of Baltimore, Maryland and 13 miles northwest of Woodbury, New Jersey.

At around 3:00 a.m. Saturday morning an unidentified man in his 40s was driving a black sedan north on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia County, PA. As he traveled through the area on the interstate between Walt Whitman Bridge and the Girard Point Bridge in South Philadelphia, PA he was hit by a semi trailer mail truck owned and operated by the U.S. Postal Service.

After hitting the sedan the mail truck then hit another 18 wheeler truck owned by the Rite Aid Corporation. The Rite Aid Corporation is headquartered in Harrisburg, PA.

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The impact of the truck accident crushed a section of the car and caused the passenger sedan to flip over onto its rooftop, trapping the male driver inside.

Philadelphia Firefighters and emergency personnel responded to the scene of the truck collision and worked to free the driver pinned in the sedan. Once free from the mangled car the driver was treated and stabilized at the truck accident scene. The victim was then transferred by ambulance to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Authorities reported that he was in critical condition.

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The drivers of the two 18 wheelers were not injured in the truck accident. There were no reports on the damage to the two semi trailer trucks, but at least one may have been towed from the scene.

Authorities had to shut down part of the interstate in the area around the collision while South Philadelphia Police reconstructed the truck accident. It is unclear what set off the multi truck accident.

State highway crews were on the scene and worked to remove the wreckage and debris of the car-truck accident from the interstate’s traffic lanes. The closed highway caused some delays Saturday morning but overall traffic was lighter as the truck accident happened during the weekend when fewer commuters are on the road.

At this time no charges have been made and the truck accident remains under investigation.

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