Surveillance video shows moment of deadly crash in Philadelphia's Fairhill section
One person is dead and two others were injured after a serious crash in the Fairhill section of North Philadelphia on Tuesday morning.
The crash happened around 6 a.m. near the intersection of Front Street and East Indiana Avenue.
Surveillance video obtained by CBS News Philadelphia shows the moment a burgundy Lincoln slammed into a car that was sitting at a traffic light on North Front Street.
Police said the woman in the Lincoln was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Another woman, from the same vehicle, was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
Multiple vehicles with front-end damage were visible on Chopper 3's cameras.
The city dispatched street crews to clear the wreckage and clean the intersection. Neighbors also swept up and said the intersection is confusing for some drivers.
"It's terrible," Michael Dollard said. "This light has always been a problem. They just speed past the light, even if it's red, like it's a stop sign."
Marisol Velez said her 26-year-old stepson was behind the wheel of the gray Toyota Sienna that was struck. Police said he was taken to the hospital in stable condition, but Velez said her stepson now needs surgery on his neck and arm.
They are awaiting testing to determine if he will walk. She said her husband and stepson are landscapers. He was late Tuesday morning, and she said they had a bad feeling.
"He didn't show up, so the father got kind of anxious, and he came down," Velez said. "When he was coming up Front Street, he ran into the accident and that's when he saw the van was totaled, but his son wasn't there. The neighbors, thank God, had already pulled him out."
Two parked cars were also damaged in the crash.
Meanwhile, this family is hopeful their loved one makes a full recovery.
The cause of the crash and what may have happened inside the car before impact are part of an active police investigation.
Investigators have not released the names of the victims.
