Reporter and i can tell you, you can still really smell the smell in the air at this point. Im told that road up there is actually melted through in some spots and will need Major Repairs and quickly. Investigators will see if ice and or speed played a part in the crash. In the last couple of hours weve been here, weve gotten to know some neighbors around here. They say everybody who doesnt know this area and the offramp everybody takes it way too fast. Investigators will try to determine what exactly led to the crash. Live in pennsauken township, tim furlong, nbc10 news. Were closely watching this situation from our network of traffic cameras. Take a look at route 73 route 130 in pennsauken, not far from the crash scene. Things are moving as you see but at the scene, well the onramp to 90 east is still closed at route 73. And along route 130 the onramp to 90 east is also still closed. Lets look at the betsy ross bridge. It forced the closure of ramps for both routes 90 and 130. Police
Location and currently there is nothing remaining there except a block base. This is the scene from chopper 6 hd with the gas fire still roaring, seven workers from new Jersey Natural Gas were take and to the hospital and two are critical. It was like a mini earthquake thark is what it felt like. You could feel it . Yes you definitely felt it. Homes in the immediate area were evacuated and several were also damaged. It wasnt until almost 1 00 that the gas was shut off and now 300 homes are without gas service, we are told by the gas company once they get back in there and start digging up and find out much damage there is after that they will have to go to each individual house to turn the gas on. Our thoughts and prayer goes to those that are impacted especially the employees and the ems and the employees and all the customers without service. You are looking live at oak avenue where it intersects with new Jersey Natural Gas is giving out a fon number. Try to get this repaired and fix
Mother, in connection with these series of events trotta was wanted on Reckless Endangerment and other charges. Elinor is now in the care of the fbi and efforts are underway to reunite the girl with her mother. We are awaiting the News Conference to begin and awaiting details about how this all came about and Michael Trotta and his daughter were found in massachusetts. Live in minquadale, im sara bloomquist channel 6 action news. Thank you sara, now to a developing story a natural gas explosion leveled auto home at the jersey shore 15 people were hurt and two of them critically and evacuations remain there tonight. It happened in stafford township ocean county and its now nothing but charred rubble. Nora muchanic is live on route 9 in stafford township with the latest on everything that unfolded today. Reporter good afternoon rick neighbors talk about and explosion that you could hear and feel all over, it rocked oak avenue early this morning, it continued to disrupt life even though f
It is monday night and the big story on action news tonight is new information in the wake of a tense day for people who work and live near the scene of the accident. Action News Reporter Kenneth Moton live. What is the latest here . Jim, the morning commute could really be impacted because investigators say the inspection of the ramp behind the homes here wont happen until tomorrow. Also new tonight, we now know the name of the company that owned the tanker truck. It was p. K. Transport here in pennsauken. This unrecognizable piece of charred and melteddown debris all that was left on the off ramp to 130 in pennsauken. Crews pointed the remaining tanker in the ball of fire after the truck carried in 8,000 gallons of gas overturned. I thought somebody broke into the house. I heard a boom kcathunk and i ran upstairs. And the smoke could be seen for miles. And those around the road were breathing in toxic fumes. And 30 homes were evacuated and they worked to handle the inferno much my fr
Whats left of the oil truck. The driver just had some leg and back pain. A firefighter had a minor injury. Its amazing no one was killed and fortunate there wasnt more damage to the surrounding area. Sky force 10 had the best view of the crash site and of the enormous fire and black cloud it sent over the neighborhood, literally, 60 yards to the east. The trees got burnt in the back. Reporter rocky lives about as close to the site as can you get. He heard the booms and ran out to find the gas trucks fires falling from the sky. The truck was carrying about 9,000 gallons of gas when it rolled over on the northbound ramp from route 90 to route 130. As bad as it looked the driver of the fuel truck only had leg and back pain. He and a firefighter went to Cooper University hospital with minor injuries. The surrounding area was evacuated for a short time. You can still smell the burning gas in the air. Some say at the height of the fire, you could feel it in your throat. After some of the gas