They were on vacation, walking the dog, relaxing at home, attending a graduation. It was a peaceful Sunday, June 11. Then the calls began coming in: A section of Interstate 95 in northeast Philadelphia was on fire.
An 8,500-gallon tanker truck delivering gas to a local Wawa fuel station overturned and exploded while trying to exit northbound I-95 onto westbound Cottman Avenue at 6:32 a.m. The northbound half of the 104-ft-long welded steel I-beam bridge collapsed within minutes. The National Transportation Safety Board is still investigating the cause of the crash that killed the driver, Nathan Moody.