Crime & Safety
After Deadly Crash On Philadelphia Road, Investigation Reveals Repeated Accidents At Damaged Guardrail
"It is not uncommon to hear or see that there are cars in the creek, either there or along Lincoln Drive," Jessica Winter said.
December 9, 2025
It's been one week and a day since a fatal accident on a winding road in Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill. Police said the guardrail where the car went into Cresheim Creek was already damaged before the crash and CBS News Philadelphia is uncovering a pattern of crashes at that site.
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The scene Monday morning on Cresheim Valley Drive, not far from Lincoln Drive in Chestnut Hill, was the same as it had been the last week — the guardrail mangled on the ground and about fifteen traffic cones lining the curve. Eight days ago, on the evening of Nov. 30, a driver was killed after, police said, he lost control of the car, hit a downed guardrail, and flipped upside down into the creek.
"It is not uncommon to hear or see that there are cars in the creek, either there or along Lincoln Drive," Josephine Winter, the Executive Director of West Mt. Airy Neighbors, told CBS News Philadelphia.
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