The National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, preliminarily determined that the driver, a victim in the collapse of the northern section of I-95 in Philadelphia, lost control of the fuel truck he was driving. .
According to the report, which will continue to be updated with details of the event, the cargo truck flipped on one side before exploding, causing the structure to collapse on the bridge that connects the road to Cottman Avenue northeast of the city. city.
This is what we know so far:
- The cause of death of the driver (Nathan Moody) was listed as accidental by authorities.
- The driver was driving a 2004 Heil Specification Package 406 tanker truck (combination vehicle).
- The vehicle was exiting northbound I-95 at the Cottman Avenue exit ramp when it crashed.
- The combination vehicle was affiliated with Penn Tank Lines and was carrying around 8,500 gallons of gasoline from Wilmington, Delaware to a service station located on Oxford Avenue in Philadelphia.
- The speed limit on I-95 in the vicinity of the accident was 55 mph and the Cottman Avenue exit ramp had a 25 mph speed limit attached to a rollover warning sign.
- The truck driver was unable to maintain control of the combination vehicle on the exit ramp.
- The truck overturned and subsequently caught fire below the northbound lanes of the I-95 overpass.
Read the full report here.
Temporary lanes, filled with a recyclable glass material, officially opened northbound and southbound I-95 on June 23 as a plan to rebuild the structure is outlined.
