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Overturned Dump Truck Spills Load on Schuylkill Expressway in South Philadelphia

All lanes were later reopened around 5:25 p.m.

Traffic snarled along the Schuylkill Expressway in South Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon after a dump truck overturned and dumped its load across the highway.

The truck flipped in the eastbound lanes near the Penrose Avenue/Airport (Exit 347A) and Passyunk Avenue ramps (Exit 347B) before 1 p.m., dumping its load of fine stone material across all three lanes of the highway.

No one was hurt in the crash.

Police diverted traffic off Interstate 76 eastbound at the 28th Street Exit. All lanes were later reopened around 5:25 p.m.

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