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Police Investigate Cause Of Fatal Crash In NE Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, P.a. --  An overnight, single-vehicle crash near an I-95 underpass has sent one person to the hospital and left another person dead.

The incident occurred around 3:40 a.m. on Saturday.

Police say that a vehicle with two passengers crashed through the guardrail and fell from the overpass. The vehicle landed in the median where it proceeded to roll and eject both of the passengers.

The vehicle finally stopped at Wheatsheaf Lane just east of Richmond Street.

A 26-year-old man was transported to Jefferson-Torresdale hospital.

A 21-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene by Philadelphia Fire-EMS.

 

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