Truck Driver's Cause Of Death Revealed After Fiery Crash Under I-95

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

According to the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office, Nathan Moody, 53, of Pennsauken, New Jersey, died from blunt trauma to the head, inhalation, and thermal injuries.

The manner of death was accidental.

Moody's identity was confirmed to new outlets by family members, but this is the first time authorities have confirmed his identity.

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."

Interstate 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.