{"id":91273,"date":"2026-01-20T01:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/91273\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T01:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:42:11","slug":"driver-killed-when-tanker-truck-overturns-off-i-276-ramp-in-bensalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/91273\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver Killed When Tanker Truck Overturns Off I-276 Ramp In Bensalem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:Daily Voice;\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyvoice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Daily Voice\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"264\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/491775a0-81c5-11f0-9efb-babb779dc17b.png\"\/><\/a>Updated Mon, January 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM UTC<img alt=\"An ambulance.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"1242\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/9ce5749ac96d3b3be68b7eaf9fbc01ff.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An ambulance. \u2014 Newberry Township FD<\/p>\n<p>A tanker truck driver was killed after crashing and overturning off an I-276 ramp early Monday, PennDOT said.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened along the ramp leading from eastbound I-276 to US 1 in the Trevose\/Bensalem area around 1 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 19, according to PennDOT.<\/p>\n<p>The tanker truck overturned and rolled down an embankment, according to footage from <a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/tanker-truck-overturns-rolls-down-embankment-off-ramp-rt-1-276-trevose-pennsylvania\/18431583\/?cmp=emc-wpvi-action-enews-update-1%2F19%2F2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:6abc Action News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">6abc Action News<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/one-dead-as-tanker-truck-overturns-on-crash-along-i-276-eastbound-in-bucks-co\/4335388\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NBC Philadelphia;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">NBC Philadelphia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The man driving the truck was trapped inside the wreckage and was later pronounced dead, officials explained.<\/p>\n<p>The ramp remained closed for hours as rescue crews and heavy tow trucks worked to clear the scene, PennDOT said. Traffic was slowed through the area during the cleanup.<\/p>\n<p>Further details about how the crash occurred were not immediately released. Officials also did not say whether any other vehicles were involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Mon, January 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM UTC An ambulance. \u2014 Newberry Township FD A tanker truck&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[40200,191,193,192,194,45018,3431,45017],"class_list":["post-91273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-6abc-action-news","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township","tag-newberry-township","tag-penndot","tag-tanker-truck"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91273","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=91273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}