PHILADELPHIA — Two Pennsylvania State Police troopers and a civilian were killed in a car crash on I-95 early Monday morning in what law enforcement officials described as a possible DUI incident.
Around 12:45 a.m., troopers responded to calls about a man walking in a southbound traffic lane near Lincoln Financial Field. As police tried to bring the man into custody and out of harm’s way, a vehicle traveling at a high speed attempted to pass them in the shoulder lane, fatally striking both troopers and the civilian, according to state police.
Captain James B. Kemm, commanding officer for the state police in the Philadelphia region, said the force of the crash threw the troopers into the northbound lane. Police backup arrived to find witnesses performing CPR on the three victims, who were pronounced dead on the scene.
