It was a deadly and dangerous night on the roads in Philly as multiple fatal crashes happened. One left two people dead, while another left a person critical after crashing into a SEPTA bus. NBC10’s Tim Furlong has more on each of those.
Two people are dead and three are in the hospital following an early Saturday morning crash in South Philadelphia.
At 3:34 a.m. police were called to the intersection of Pattison and Penrose Avenue for a crash with people trapped.
When police arrived they saw that a car had crashed into a parked front-end loader, a tractor, in a construction zone.
The driver, a 32-year-old man, and front passenger, a 29-year-old woman, were pronounced dead at the scene by medics at 3:36 a.m., according to police.
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A Hyundai was traveling westbound on Pattison Avenue then turned southbound onto Penrose Avenue traveling on wrong side of roadway and struck a parked front-end loader, police said.
Three people were extracted from the back of the car and transported to the hospital, police said. One of the rear passengers, a 28-yearold woman, is in critical condition. The other two rear passengers, both women but ages unknown, are in stable condition.
Police say the car was going westbound on Pattison Avenue and made a left turn onto Penrose Avenue where it crashed into the parked tractor.
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There is no identification for any of the victims.
AID is investigating this crash and at this time they are unsure what led to the crash.
This incident was one of several that occurred in Philadelphia between Friday night and early Saturday morning, another left a person in critical condition and one left another person dead.
This is a developing story. Check back for details.
