Not The Ben Again! Overturned Truck Cripples Morning Rush Into Center City
An overturned tractor-trailer is taking out two left lanes on the Ben Franklin Bridge into Philadelphia.
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An overturned tractor-trailer is taking out two left lanes on the Ben Franklin Bridge into Philadelphia.
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The driver of a tanker truck died after it overturned Monday in Bucks County, Pennsylvania State Police said.
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The driver of a tanker truck died after it overturned Monday in Bucks County, Pennsylvania State Police said.
About 50 gallons of diesel fuel spilled in Perkasie when a tractor-trailer overturned Monday afternoon, police said.
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The driver of a tanker truck died after it overturned Monday in Bucks County, Pennsylvania State Police said.
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The truck overturned in Perkasie at about 4 p.m. on Ridge Road near Blooming Glen Road.