Crime & Safety
Moorestown Teen Killed In PA Turnpike Crash
Pennsylvania State Police have identified the victim in Monday's crash as Kelly C. O'Brien, 18, of Moorestown.
A Moorestown teenager has been identified as the victim of Monday afternoon's tractor trailer crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bucks County.
Pennsylvania State Police have identified the victim as Kelly C. O'Brien.
O'Brien, 18, was driving when she was sideswiped by a tractor trailer, which then overturned onto her vehicle, according to authorities.
According to 6ABC, the tractor trailer, which was carrying 20,000 pounds of soap, overturned onto the car around 3 p.m. between exits 343 and 351.
Eastbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bensalem were closed for several hours after the accident.
@NBCPhiladelphia PA Turnpike just before exit 351. Car stuck under neath truck pic.twitter.com/3HJyM0kUIm
— Lincoln Riddle (@riddle_lincoln) April 25, 2016
O'Brien was a 2015 graduate of Moorestown High School.
"Our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time," Moorestown Schools Interim Superintendent Carole Butler said in a brief statement Tuesday afternoon.
She was a communications major at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa., according to the Burlington County Times.
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