Tractor Trailers, Pick-Up Trucks Catch Fire At Industrial Yard In Bristol
Officials say three tractor trailers and three pick-up trucks caught fire inside a gated lot in an industrial park along the 1500 block of Clyde Waite Drive in Bristol.
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Officials say three tractor trailers and three pick-up trucks caught fire inside a gated lot in an industrial park along the 1500 block of Clyde Waite Drive in Bristol.
State Police say one person is dead and four others injured after an accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike early Thursday morning.
Three new lanes of traffic northbound from exit 6 through 8A will open this weekend, along with an extra lane from 8A to 9. Next weekend, the same drill on the southbound side. Turnpike spokesman Tom Feeney says drivers will notice the difference almost immediately.
A tractor-trailer that was partially hanging over a bridge above the Neshaminy Creek along the Pennsylvania Turnpike snarled traffic for several hours Thursday.
Officials say the truck will stay where it is until it is offloaded. They expect to be working on the truck until around 2pm. The CBSPhilly traffic center advises avoiding getting on the Northeast Extension of the Turnpike south at Quakertown.
State officials unveiled the new look for the service trucks today.
Officials say the victim was struck around 11 a.m. and their injuries appear to be non life-threatening.
Crews are on the scene of a multi-vehicle accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
It happened around 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Delaware River Bridge interchange.
It happened around 4 p.m. on the Pennsylvania Turnpike westbound at milepost 307.1.
Pennsylvania Turnpike officials say the entire toll road system, including the sections that roll through urban areas, may get a speed limit boost to 70 mph next year.
A new 70 miles per hour speed limit is now in effect a day ahead of schedule along most of a nearly 100 mile stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike's main line.
An early morning accident along the Pennsylvania Turnpike's Northeast Extension has caused a 7-mile back-up approaching Lansdale.
The Turnpike Commission says on Wednesday they will announce other sections where the speed limit will also be increased.
Crews are responding to the scene of a vehicle fire in the westbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Willow Grove approaching Plymouth Meeting.
Throughout the day on Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission will gradually unveil signs posting a 70 mile an hour speed limit on most sections of the road between Morgantown in Berks County to the Blue Mountain Interchange in Cumberland County.
Work is underway on a $14-million project to relocate the turnpike's Plymouth Meeting maintenance facility to the eastbound side of the toll road.
Crews are investigating after a tanker truck rolled over on the Pennsylvania Turnpike by the Lincoln Highway exit.
The eleven-mile stretch between Mid-County and the Lansdale interchange carries more than 65,000 cars a day.
The insects are reportedly swarming around the canopy between lanes 11 and 12 near the tolls at the Valley Forge Interchange.
A Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission spokesman says this will be the first time in a couple of years that the toll hike will apply evenly to cash and E-Z Pass customers.
State officials say a tractor-trailer entered a Pennsylvania Turnpike lane that was closed for maintenance and struck two workers, killing one.
Southbound lanes are closed between Exit #31 (Lansdale) and Pennsylvania Turnpike mile marker 27.5.
Authorities set up roadblocks when a young black bear appeared in a Philadelphia suburb, startling residents.
There was another sighting Friday night of a bear in Bensalem, Bucks County.
