A crash and fire on the new jersey turnpike leads to an enormous traffic backup. Its happening on the northbound side near exit nine in east brunswick. The fire erupted after two tractor trailers collided and as you can see, it has led to delays that extend for miles. Ryan sent up this eyewitness cam photo. Flames engulfing the road as one of the trucks exploded. Rachel mcgovern got stuck near the wreckage as drivers stopped to it void the fire. Her video shows explosions in the distance. Eventually rachel got by the scene of the fire and captured this video of the burned out aftermath. Firefighters also converged on the neighborhood next to the road. They were very worried that fire might spread. The drivers of the both trucks suffered minor injuries. Also tonight youll soon be paying more to cross two busy bridges in the tristate area. Good evening, im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt is live on the taconypalmyra bridge to tell us just how much e
Of the trucks exploded. Rachel mcgovern got stuck near the wreckage as drivers stopped to it void the fire. Her video shows explosions in the distance. Eventually rachel got by the scene of the fire and captured this video of the burned out aftermath. Firefighters also converged on the neighborhood next to the road. They were very worried that fire might spread. The drivers of the both trucks suffered minor injuries. Also tonight youll soon be paying more to cross two busy bridges in the tristate area. Good evening, im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt is live on the taconypalmyra bridge to tell us just how much extra money drivers will have to hand over. David . Reporter jess carbs more money at the toll booth people just dont want to hear it but it is a reality. Commissioners here in Burlington County say its to pay for repairs to fix the bridge, also, to make sure people are safe. Dont do it. Dont do it, please reporter but Burlington County brid
What the Environmental Protection agency calls a threat to public health. Vokes wagon accused of making cars that intentionally violate clean air standards. Nearly 500,000 vw and audi diesel cars built in the last seven years include a device that only turns on full emissions controls during official testing but turns off during regular driving. In a statement vw says its cooperating with the investigation. We are a little more than a week out from the popes arri l arrival. Seven days, 17 hours until pope francis lands in philadelphia and today drivers are starting to see the warning signs. The video Message Boards on the schuylkill expressway are reminding drivers about 76 being shut down next weekend. Nbc 10 found these detour signs posted on city avenue indicating some of the closures on the main line. And on the ben franklin parkway crews continue to set up for the meeting of families. Crews also continue to shut down the inner lanes there. Theyll remain closed until tuesday, septe
Normally in philadelphia, museum of art, the parkway, its fogged over. You want to be careful as viz the is down into the rest of the morning. You can see a little patchy fog in the skyline, but over to my camera, its typically the parkway, but because of the visibility dropping, its hard to make it out. 67 degrees right now in philadelphia. Winds from the south, southwest at 3 miles per hour. Heres aer look at the foggy conditions. We dropped from 4 miles down to 1. 5 miles in philadelphia down to a. 25 visibility in wilmington, and 0 in palms river and more. If you plan to leave soon, be careful. As the sun moves in, well see the fog clear out, but at least a few more hours of foggy conditions expected. Radar shows High Pressure in control, but we are seeing a moist air from the south, moving over the drier air, and thats whats causing fog. For today, well see temperatures ranging between 84 and 87. The warm day, more humidity, winds from the southwest, at 510 miles per hour, and im
Ka katy zachary has more on the security preparations. One clear sign the papal visit is among us, part of the ben franklin parkway has been closed. The inner drive closed yesterday, the outer drive as we head into next weekend. Pope francis is expected to attract crowds of well over a Million People while hes here in philadelphia. The secretary of Homeland Security will meet with mayor Michael Nutter today and the mayor will also meet with the head of u. S. Secret service Joseph Clancey. Nbc 10 spoke exclusively with Joseph Clancey ahead of todays security meeting. He is a Delaware County native and says a lone wolf or group attack is his biggest concern. Making sure we have enough personnel, weve reached out to our partners to ensure we have enough personnel to the screening facilities. Reporter in the coming days, police tell us expect to see officers sealing Manhole Covers and removing trash cans from the parkway as well as the Independence Hall area. Reporting from center city, ka