Feds Launch Investigation Into Philly Interstate Collapse

June 12, 2023 Government, Infrastructure

CNN reports:

A team of federal investigators has begun a probe into the tanker truck fire that led to the collapse of an Interstate 95 overpass in Philadelphia, leaving a portion of the East Coast’s primary highway with major damage that could take months to repair.

Investigators are on scene monitoring the emergency response, as crews sift through rubble to get to the 8,500-gallon-capacity tanker truck, which will be an initial focus of the investigation, Jennifer Homendy, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board, told CNN.

Bloomberg News reports:



US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the collapse of a section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia will cause “extensive disruption” in the region just as the summer travel season begins.

The failure will affect the movement of people and goods, he said Monday at an annual conference of the American Council of Engineering Companies in Washington. His agency will back the rebuilding with financial and technical support, he said.

A section of the highway, the longest north-south interstate on the East Coast, collapsed during a tanker-truck fire on Sunday. Northbound and southbound lanes will be closed for months, according to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.

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