A driver died after a tire came off a pickup truck going the other way on Interstate 95 and crashed into the driver's vehicle in South Philadelphia early Friday.
The airborne tire came off the northbound pickup on I-95 between Broad and Front streets and then struck a vehicle going southbound around 12:30 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police said.
The driver of the struck vehicle died, troopers said.
The crash was cleared before the morning commute.
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State police didn't reveal if the driver of the passing pickup realized what happened.
