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A deadly crash where a car flipped multiple times closed a major roadway for more than five hours this morning.
The single-car wreck closed the Blue Route (I-476) southbound around Exit 13 around 2:10 a.m.
The driver, Edward Harre, was thrown from the vehicle after it struck a median resulting in it flipping over multiple times before coming to a rest on its roof, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Medics declared Harre dead at the scene, according to police.
At least two people are hospitalized Friday night following an accident involving several vehicles on the Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia.
It happened shortly before 9 p.m. on I-76 westbound between West Exit 341 – Montgomery Dr/West River Dr and West Exit 339 – US 1 South/City Ave.
All westbound lanes were shut down for about 40 minutes.
Multiple police and medic units responded to the scene.
Two people were taken to Hahnemann University Hospital. The conditions of the victims are unknown at this time.
According to SEPTA, a pedestrian was struck by a train late Thursday morning.
The incident occurred at 5th and Market Streets on the Market/Frankford Line by the 5th Street station exit.
The victim’s condition is unknown at this time.
Emergency personnel and police are all on the scene of the accident.
Around noon, SEPTA released the following statement: Normal train service has resumed on SEPTA’s Market-Frankford Line. A person was removed from the track area at 5th Street Station westbound and taken to a local hospital with unknown injuries.
Two people are in the hospital after a car crash on Martin Luther King Drive.
Police say three cars were involved in an accident on the Drive, injuring two people. One victim is in critical condition while the other is stable.
MLK Drive was closed in both directions from Montgomery Avenue to Falls Bridge due to the crash. It has since been reopened.
Police have not yet revealed the cause of the accident or the identities of the victims.
An elderly man has been killed after being hit by a SEPTA bus and officials are trying to determine whether the bus driver realized he struck the man.
The 64-year-old man was hit by a SEPTA bus at 8:49 p.m. on Friday at 79th St. and Cheltenham Ave. in the Cedarbrook section of the city, police said.
He was rushed to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he later died.
The bus kept on going after hitting the man, police said.
A 71 year old woman crashed into a police SUV in Northeast Philadelphia. She was hospitalized along with a police officer who has since been released.