State and federal investigators Monday were trying to find out why a tanker fire collapsed a section of the East Coast’s main north-south highway. philly kprc2 click2hou
A investigator surveys the aftermath of an elevated section of Interstate-95 that collapsed, in Philadelphia, Monday, June 12, 2023. – The driver of a tractor-trailer hauling gasoline lost control on an off-ramp and flipped the tanker truck on its side in athat set it afire and destroyed a section of the East Coast’s main north-south highway, Pennsylvania's top transportation official said Monday.
Pennsylvania State Police said a body recovered from the wreckage has been turned over to the Philadelphia medical examiner and coroner. Authorities are in the process of identifying the remains, police said. Carroll said the damaged I-95 segment carries about 160,000 vehicles daily. State police don't know if the driver was speeding and no other vehicle has been found. Officials said they had been in contact with the trucking company, but they did not identify it.
High heat from the fire or the impact of an explosion could have weakened the steel beams supporting the overpass, according to Drexel University structural engineering Professor Abi Aghayere. Bridges like the one that collapsed don't typically have fire protection, like concrete casing, he added. It could have been coated in a fire-retarding paint, but even then the beams could have been weakened.
Joseph L. Schofer, a retired professor of civil and environmental engineering from Northwestern University, said a big challenge for PennDOT in quickly replacing the bridge could be getting heavy-duty steel beams of a hundred feet or more.
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