Tractor Trailer Crashes Into Overpass, Driver Rescued By Montco Firefighters

LOWER PROVIDENCE, PA — A tractor trailer driver crashed into a local highway overpass during the early morning hours Thursday, according to fire officials.

The Lower Providence Fire Department said that they were dispatched to a vehicle rescue call at around 1:39 a.m. Thursday and arrived to discover that a tractor trailer had careened off the roadway during a heavy, soaking rain, crashing into a bridge below an overpass carrying U.S. Route 422.

Upon arrival at the crash scene, fire crews were informed that the driver had been trapped inside the cab of the tractor trailer and needed to be rescued, according to the Lower Providence Fire Department, which announced the news on social media.

With the help of fire crews from Upper Merion Township Fire & EMS, emergency responders were ultimately able to free the driver from the truck and treat him at the scene.

There was no immediate word on the patient's condition or whether or not he had to be taken to the hospital.

Fire officials said that the call came in during a period of heavy downpour in Lower Providence Township during the overnight hours.

Crews also had to work on fluid control, given the size of the vehicle that crashed.

Photos posted to Facebook show the tractor trailer crashed into large support beams holding up the overpass.

A portion of the truck's cab was apparently ripped off and can be seen in photos from the scene lying on the ground next to the accident scene.