Crime & Safety

Overturned Tractor Trailer Caused by Sleepy Driver

Accident closes I-95.

 

If you got stuck in traffic this morning, here’s why.

At 4:58 a.m., responded to a one-vehicle crash on I-95 northbound at milepost 38.2 in Bensalem.

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Police said the driver of a Freightliner tractor-trailer fell asleep at the wheel traveling north. He crossed two lanes of traffic, crashed through a guard rail, traveled through the grass median, struck the southbound side guard rail and overturned on its right side. The truck came to rest facing north in the left lane on the southbound side of the highway.

Luckily, the driver, Andrew Young, 42, of Eustis, Florida, was not injured. But he was cited for traffic violations.

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I-95 south was closed after Exit 40 after the crash. Traffic was also slow northbound due to a gaper delay.

Trooper Brandon Horlacher investigated the incident.


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