Nathan Moody, 53, was killed in the crash, which happened last June as he was delivering gasoline to a Wawa in Philadelphia’s Fox Chase neighborhood.
An unsecured hatch allowed gasoline to spill out of a tanker truck when it overturned, igniting and causing a fire that led to the partial collapse of a section ofInvestigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives determined that the hatch, a 16-inch “manhole” on the gasoline delivery truck driven by Nathan Moody, was left open following a refill at a terminal in Wilmington.
Surveillance video reviewed by ATF investigators showed that after the vehicle overturned, it remained in motion, and “a flame front could be observed originating near the front of the tractor-trailer.” The flames, investigators said, spread “rapidly toward the rear of the truck and engulfed it as the truck continued to slide.”
The ATF’s report was completed in September, but released Wednesday as part of a set of materials made public by the National Transportation Safety Board. The NTSB has not yet released a final report on the cause of the blaze, butThe NTSB’s preliminary report found that “the truck driver was unable to maintain control of the combination vehicle on the off-ramp,” caused the truck to roll over, crash, and catch fire as Moody was exiting the highway.
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