Separate truck crashes cause headaches on some busy Philadelphia roads

Friday, February 26, 2021
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Separate truck crashes caused problems for commuters in Philadelphia on Friday morning.

Several lanes of the Roosevelt Boulevard were shut down following an accident involving a truck leaking fumes.

The truck overturned in the northbound lanes, near Horning Road, before 11 a.m.
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Police initially closed all lanes of the Boulevard due to the truck leaking carbon dioxide.

Tractor-trailer leaking carbon dioxide shuts down Boulevard


Earlier, an overturned tractor-trailer led to some traffic headaches on the Schuylkill Expressway.



Chopper 6 was over the scene in the westbound lanes around 8 am.

Crash closes NB I-95 near I-676 in Center City


The crash blocked two lanes near the Girard Street Bridge in Fairmount Park.

A crane had to be called in to right the truck.
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The cause is still under investigation.

Meanwhile, a crash involving a FedEx truck closed some northbound lanes of I-95 in Center City just prior to I-676.



The tractor-trailer overturned around 10 a.m. resulting in packages being spilled all over the highway.
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