Three people were killed in Philly Tuesday morning in traffic accidents, police say

Two men were killed early Tuesday in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Broad Street and Hunting Park Avenue, Philadelphia police said. A pedestrian later was struck and killed by a bus in South Philly.

The car crash occurred around 1:40 a.m. when a Mercury Milan crossed into the southbound lane on Broad and collided with a Toyota RAV 4, according to police. The names of the victims, who were the drivers of the vehicles, were not released. They both were pronounced dead at the scene.

Hours later, shortly after daybreak, a man in his 60s was struck and killed by a shuttle bus on South Front Street near Washington Avenue, police said.

The man, whose name was not released, had walked in front of the bus, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Further details of both incidents, which are under investigation by the police Crash Investigation Division, were unavailable.

As of Tuesday, 45 people had been killed in accidents involving motor vehicles, 19 of them pedestrians, according to the Philadelphia Police Department’s Statistical Unit.

This year’s total could end up being the lowest during the first half of the year since 2019, when 44 vehicle-crash and pedestrian deaths were reported through June 30.

By comparison, the Jan. 1-through-June 30 totals were 51 in 2020; 58 in 2021; 63 in 2022; and 58 in 2023.

Among Northeast cities, Philadelphia averages about three times as many traffic deaths per 100,000 than New York City and more than twice as many as Boston, according to the city’s Vision Zero traffic-safety program.