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Car Crushed Under Tractor-Trailer

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Tom Sofield

Credit: NBC 10
Credit: NBC 10

Firefighters were working as of 4 p.m. to get to at least one person reportedly trapped under a tractor-trailer on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bensalem.

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The eastbound lanes of the Turnpike were closed at the Willow Grove interchange. Traffic on the westbound lanes remained open as of 4 p.m. but vehicles were slow going.

A source told LevittownNow.com that one person at the scene was pronounced deceased.

The crash in the eastbound lane before the Route 1 off-ramp happened shortly before 3 p.m. Firefighters from Bensalem, Penndel and Upper Southampton all responded to the scene along with local medics and Pennsylvania State Police.

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Images from the scene appeared to show a red car crushed under the trailer.

Trucks from Rob’s Towing in Bristol Township were on the scene attempting to help firefighters remove the overturned tractor-trailer from on top of the vehicle.

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Credit: NBC 10
Credit: NBC 10
Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.