2 killed, 2 injured after car plunges off I-95 onramp in Port Richmond
Shortly before 8:30 p.m., a Mazda was heading up the onramp when it hit a guardrail and crashed onto Castor Avenue below, police said.
Two young men were killed and two others were injured when a car lost control and plunged off an onramp to Interstate 95 onto the street below Friday night in the city’s Port Richmond section, police said.
Shortly before 8:30 p.m., a Mazda was heading up the onramp to I-95 north at a high rate of speed when the car hit a guardrail and crashed onto Castor Avenue below near Richmond Street, said Inspector D.F. Pace.
One man was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene, Pace said. The three other occupants were transported to an area hospital, where one was pronounced dead while the other two remained hospitalized with serious injuries.
The cause of the crash was under investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police.