NE Extension Tanker Truck Fire

[Story]

Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike had been closed near the Lansdale exit due to a tanker truck that caught fire.
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Meanwhile, Pretzel Guy selling to everyone stuck in the backup.
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[Walleye Hunter]

That's a nice field of debris strewn around there.

[JaySmith]

Hope no one got hurt.

I wonder if this could be filed under "spot the asshole".

[Walleye Hunter]

Hope no one got hurt.

I wonder if this could be filed under "spot the asshole".

I think I read that there were three deaths, including the truck driver.

[JaySmith]

I think I read that there were three deaths, including the truck driver.

I saw some little car attached to the front of the truck. I wonder if he did something dumb. It's a real shame, life is short enough. Every time I go out I see some idiot that people need to actively avoid to not have an accident.

[eyecanshoot]

I saw some little car attached to the front of the truck. I wonder if he did something dumb. It's a real shame, life is short enough. Every time I go out I see some idiot that people need to actively avoid to not have an accident.

I think there is a cargo van between the car and tractor. The cargo van got hit hard where the blue bins and other debris is all over the road.

[Emptymag]

God, I hope they died before they burned.

[Curmudgeon]

Link to article, more text, and video after fire extinguished showing all 3 vehicles...

https://6abc.com/pennsylvania-turnpi...unty/13949524/

WORCESTER TWP., Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Two people were killed and another person was injured after a fiery three-vehicle crash involving a tanker crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

It happened late Saturday morning in the northbound lanes of the Northeast Extension (I-476) in Worcester Twp. between the Mid-County and Lansdale exits.

Police say a vehicle was stopped in the right lane of the multi-lane highway due to a flat tire. Another driver stopped to help and pulled behind the car with its hazard lights on.

Police say a tanker truck carrying jet fuel was unable to stop in time and slammed into both vehicles, which caused a large fire.

The driver of the tanker truck and the driver of the second vehicle were both pronounced dead. The driver of the first vehicle with a flat tire was hospitalized for unknown injuries.

[bogey1]

Someone wasn't paying attention.