A person is dead after crashing their car into a tree, trapping them inside their badly smashed-up vehicle on Roosevelt Boulevard at Borebeck Avenue in Rhawnhurst. The inner northbound lanes of that stretch of the Boulevard are closed as crews clear the scene.
Rescuers tried to save a man who was trapped inside a car -- nearly unrecognizable after slamming into a tree along Roosevelt Boulevard early Wednesday morning -- but he succumbed to his injuries.
The crash happened along the inner lanes of the northbound side of the Boulevard (Route 1) near Borbeck Avenue in the Rhawnhurst section of Philly around 4:15 a.m., according to reports.
Authorities closed the inner northbound lanes of the roadway between Tyson and Ryan avenues as they worked to free the man from the mangled vehicle. The road was reopened around 7:15 a.m.
Crews rushed the victim to Aria-Torresdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later, police said.
No word yet on the cause of the accident.
