Driver slams into planter, fence in deadly crash

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Sunday, March 4, 2018
1 dead in Tioga-Nicetown crash
1 dead in Tioga-Nicetown crash. Gray Hall reports during Action News Mornings on March 4, 2018.

TIOGA-NICETOWN (WPVI) -- A person was killed after a crash in the Tioga-Nicetown section of Philadelphia.

It happened around 12:30 a.m. Sunday on the 4200 block of Wissahickon Avenue.

Police say the driver of an SUV veered off the street and hit a concrete planter on the sidewalk.

The SUV then smashed through a fence and came to a stop on SEPTA property.

Police say the driver was ejected from the vehicle.

It is not known why the driver lost control.

The person's identity has not been released.

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