{"id":308074,"date":"2026-10-16T17:02:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/308074\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T17:02:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:02:36","slug":"shelter-in-place-order-lifted-roads-remain-closed-following-overturned-propane-truck-on-bethlehem-pike-north-penn-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/308074\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelter-in-place order lifted, roads remain closed following overturned propane truck on Bethlehem Pike \u2013 North Penn Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/northpennnow.com\/news\/shelter-in-place-order-issued-after-propane-truck-overturns-on-bethlehem-pike\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shelter-in-place order for nearby residents and businesses<\/a> has been lifted after a propane truck overturned in the area of Bethlehem Pike and Taylor Road Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Route 309 remains closed at Richardson Road and Cowpath Road. Taylor Road is also closed at Cowpath Road. Drivers are asked to avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emergency crews\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/northpennnow.com\/news\/overturned-propane-truck-causes-road-closures-on-route-309-friday\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">responded to the scene on Oct. 16 at around 9:22 a.m. after a Ferrellgas propane truck was reported to be overturned<\/a>\u00a0with the driver\u2019s side facing up on Bethlehem Pike and Taylor Road.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Montgomery Township Police, Fire Department of Montgomery Township, Chalfont Fire Company, Horsham Fire Company, Colmar Fire Company, Wissahickon Fire Company, North Penn Fire Company, and 345 VMSC, among other first responders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cause of the crash and whether anyone was injured were not immediately known.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a developing story. Check back for updates. More information will be published as it is made available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A shelter-in-place order for nearby residents and businesses has been lifted after a propane truck overturned in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-308074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}