Woman Dies After Crashing Into Tow Truck

A woman in her 20s died after crashing her car into a tow truck early Wednesday morning.

The accident happened around 2:30 a.m. in the Tacony section of Philadelphia.

The victim hit a flat bed tow truck, flew up the ramp on the truck then flipped over near the intersection of the Levick and Tulip streets.

The tow truck driver was uninjured.

Police will not release the identity of the victim.

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