3 Killed In Fiery Crash Involving Tanker Carrying Jet Fuel

October 23, 2023 5:13 am

WORCESTER, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a tanker truck carrying jet fuel struck a pair of stopped cars on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in southeastern Pennsylvania, resulting in a fiery crash that killed two people and injured another. State police said the crash occurred in the northbound lanes of I-476 just before 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Montgomery County. Troopers said a vehicle with a flat tire and the car behind it stopped and the truck hit both vehicles. A state police spokesperson told The Philadelphia Inquirer that the truck driver and the driver of the first vehicle struck were killed, a passenger in that vehicle later died.  The other driver sustained minor injuries.