Last half hour when i last saw you. A tow truck is on scone getting ready. At least putting the things in place it needs to to upright this overturned trash truck. Around 3 30 this morning. This trash truck was traveling southbound on 95 right before the exit for Bridge Street. It apparently, the driver lost control. State police say he may have fallen asleep at the wheel and he may have had a medical emergency and either way he lost control and the tractor trailer overturned on the median and is taking out several lanes in both directions. Northbound traffic has been grossly affected for the last hour and a half. Ee only one lane in either direction is getting by. Workers tell me the best Case Scenario they expect the tractor trailer to be uprighted and towed by 6 30. They are hoping penndot can come in with front end loader and remove all the trash that is strewn about the northbound lanes. That is best Case Scenario. We know this is typically a problem spot for volume that builds ve
Southbound traffic around this mess while they upright the tractor trailer. They expect that to take about an hour or an hour and a half. That takes us into the 6 30 time frame when we know this is classically a bad spell for volume and a lot of backup here on 95 southbound. Typically every morning notwithstanding this. In terms of injuries. The driver of the tractor trailer is right now at at the hospital suffering from minor to serious injuries. Cuts to his body, but, fortunately, not life threatening. In term of what caused this, the troopers are looking into this. Possibly he fell asleep at the wheel or a medical condition that caused that. So, they are at the hospital also talking to him. For right now just a mess on 95. Only going to get worse and for a look at that, lets go to jillian mele. Hi, jillian. Just about 4 30 we started to see a slow down forming in that area and you can see the yellow lines on our map indicating a slow down in both directions. Lets take you back out t
How are things doing now, jillian . For much of the morning, blue route northbound was completely blocked off because of a fatal accident. That has all cleared. The blue route is in the clear. Entire length both directions. 76 westbound at city center and this will change as we approach 6 30, but for right now drive times on 76 looking good. Between the blue route and the vine. Heading out to the boulevard at welsh road, malfunctioning intersection. Make sure you treat it as a fourway stop. Into new jersey, browning road at mar, there tlton pike. And the 42 freeway northbound as drivers make their way from the Atlantic City expressway out to the bridges and you can see average speeds right now in the mid50s. Tracy . 6 01. We continue to follow breaking news in cape may. Sky force ten is live over the ferry right now. This is the boat called the delaware. Its docked in the terminal in north cape may. The fire was contained to the engine room. Two workers were forced to escape from the r
Them to our southwest and theyve moved into northern virginia. The showers will take some time for them to move into the area and expect them to arrive this afternoon. Until then, were watching temperatures. 46 now in pottstown and reading and 50 at northeast philadelphia. At the airport its 52 in wilmington and 55 in philadelphia. So, clouds on the increase and youll have to wait for rain. 56 degrees at 9 00. By lunchtime, still dry and 61 degrees. Your neighborhoodbyneighborhood forecast when i come back. First friday morning traffic by katz zachary. No accidents to report in our tristate area. Live look at 95. You can see some cones and some lights out there. A Construction Zone is set up but doesnt look active at this time. Drive times on 95 between the vine and wood haven and green rights all around. As we get into the morning commute, well see that slow a bit. For drivers on 422 eastbound the route are closed for a longterm construction project and will be through november and fi
Show you where the showers may be popping up when i come back. First, lets check in with jillian and see if the rain is affecting traffic. We have no accidents to report, a good start to the morning as far as the traffic goes. This is 422 out near trooper. Just about 20 minutes ago, construction out here taking out one lane in both directions as you can see that construction has picked up. It is clear. So, all lanes are open right now on 422. Heading into new jersey, 422 right at creek road. That is the northbound side as drivers pass creek road and head out to the bridges. 422 looks good, bridges are clear and following construction on the turnpike northbound. Between route 168 and route 173 that is out there blocking the left lane and expected to be out there for another hour. Chris . Following a couple of stories new from overnight here. First one is this. A man is in Critical Condition after being shot in philadelphia. This happened just after 11 00 last night in west oak lane. Whe