FOX 29's Lauren Johnson has the latest. WEST PHILADELPHIA - The eastbound side of I-76 is slowly beginning to reopen following a deadly multi-vehicle crash and tractor-trailer fire early Wednesday morning.
Officials say one eastbound lane is opened to traffic. All lanes on the westbound side remain open. According to officials, a car ran into a tractor-trailer on the eastbound side of the Schuylkill Expressway at about 2:30 a.m Wednesday.
Authorities say the tractor-trailer burst into flames and a portion of the vehicle fell below an overpass onto Sweetbriar Lane.
Produce which was being hauled in the trailer was seen scattered across the roadway. Tractor-trailer on fire shuts down the Schuylkill Expressway in both directions.