Crime & Safety

Fatal Accident Closes I-76 Saturday

A man driving the wrong way down I-76 early Saturday morning killed himself and another driver in a crash.

A man driving the wrong way down I-76 early Saturday morning killed himself and another driver in a crash.

The crash shut down both lanes of I-76 between the Belmont and Gladwyne exits Saturday morning, reports Philly.com.

The newspaper reports, "According to police, a 35-year-old male from Virginia in a blue Honda was driving the wrong way on westbound I-76, and struck a green Chevy head-on at approximately 6:05 a.m. The driver of the Chevy, identified only as a 24-year-old female from Pennsylvania, was pronounced dead at the scene."

Read more about the accident here.

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