NBC10 First Alert Traffic reporter Sheila Watko has some suggestions for drivers looking to avoid a crash involving a van hauling a U-Haul, a truck and a car that closed a stretch of the northbound Blue Route in the Philadelphia suburbs.
A deadly crash involving a jackknifed tractor-trailer, a van hauling a U-Haul trailer and car closed a busy stretch of the Blue Route in the Philadelphia suburbs throughout the Monday morning commute.
The wreck took place in near mile marker 15.4 in the northbound lanes of Interstate 476 between Exit 13 (U.S. Route 30 - St. Davids/Villanova and Exit 16A (Pennsylvania Route 23/ Interstate 76 Each - Philadelphia/Conshohocken) around 5 a.m.
A tractor-trailer appeared to have jackknifed and gone off the roadway -- it's cab winding up entirely against the side of the trailer. A car also appeared crashed on the road behind the truck. And, behind that a white van hauling a U-Haul trailer was crashed against a light post.
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A woman died at the scene, Pennsylvania State Police said around the time the roadway reopened late Monday morning. Troopers, however, didn't reveal which vehicle that person was in at the time of the crash.
Drivers were stopped on the highway behind the crash. There was no timetable for when the road might reopen.
Drivers were urged to avoid getting onto the Blue Route and use surface roads during the long closure.
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Shortly before 7 a.m., SkyForce10 captured videos of police turning drivers around from the northbound lanes onto the southbound lanes. So, drivers may also could be experiencing southbound delays.
The northbound closure remained in place after 11 a.m., according to 511PA. But appeared clear around noon.
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