Video from Chopper 6 showed the overpass carrying the northbound lanes of the highway were reduced to rubble.
"You can see flames coming up on the right hand side through all this black smoke... and the left hand side was worse," she said. "But the car in front of me really dipped down far."Mark Fusetti, a retired Philadelphia police sergeant, said he was driving south toward the city's airport when he noticed thick plumes of black smoke rising over the highway.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a team to investigate the fire and collapse. "The I-95 corridor is a vital connection for people and goods traveling along the East Coast, and FHWA has offered support and assistance to state and local officials to help them safely reopen this section of I-95 as quickly as possible," a spokesperson said in a statement.Pennsylvania State Police, Philadelphia police, and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation have established the following detour around the I-95 collapse:I-676 West, I-76 West, U.S.
SEPTA will run three extra Trenton Line trains during the morning and evening rush on Monday, officials say.
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