South Jersey Trucker's Cause Of Death In I-95 Crash Revealed

PHILADELPHIA — Officials in Philadelphia confirmed Wednesday the identity of the truck driver — a South Jersey resident — killed in the Sunday crash that caused a portion of Interstate 95 to collapse.

According to the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office, Nathan Moody died from blunt trauma to the head, inhalation and thermal injuries. The manner of death was accidental.

Family members previously confirmed the 53-year-old Pennsauken resident's identity to news outlets. But this marks the first time authorities have confirmed his death.

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Moody's cousin, Isaac Moody, told Action News and Fox 29 he was transporting 8,500 gallons of gasoline for TK Transport, a Pennsauken-based company in a tanker truck when it crashed on the Route 73/Cottman Avenue ramp off I-95 at around 6:20 a.m. Sunday.

Moody's family hoped he escaped the wreckage and would turn up at a local hospital, according to Action News. But it never happened.

He leaves behind his longtime girlfriend and a 7-year-old daughter, who was the center of his world, his family told the news outlet.

"He wanted to raise his girl to know what a good Dad was, to know what a hardworking Dad was," his cousin told Fox 29. "He didn't drink, he didn't smoke, he damn-sure didn't use any drugs."

I-95 will remain closed in both directions for an undetermined amount of time as local, state and federal officials develop a plan to reconstruct the roughly 100-foot span that collapsed and was structurally compromised.