A third person has died after a fiery three-vehicle crash involving a tanker truck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
It happened late Saturday morning in the northbound lanes of the Northeast Extension (I-476) in Worcester Twp. between the Mid-County and Lansdale exits.
Police say a vehicle was stopped in the right lane of the multi-lane highway due to a flat tire. Another driver, with its hazard lights on, pulled up behind the car to help.
But police say a tanker truck carrying jet fuel was unable to stop in time and slammed into both vehicles, which caused a large fire.
The driver of the tanker truck and the driver and passenger of the second vehicle died from their injuries.
The driver of the first vehicle with a flat tire remains hospitalized.
Footage captured by passing motorist Hector Lucena shows the scene soon after the crash, as emergency services were arriving.