![]() He said a flight he took over the area showed “just remarkable devastation.” Shapiro signed a disaster declaration Monday, saying it gives state agencies the ability to skip normal bidding-and-contracting requirements so the span can be repaired faster. Officials said they had been in contact with the trucking company, but they did not identify it.Ĭarroll said the highway span was 10 to 12 years old, had appeared sound, and officials blamed the damage on the heat of the fire, which took about an hour to control. State police don’t know if the driver was speeding, and no other vehicle has been found. The damaged I-95 segment carries about 160,000 vehicles daily, Carroll said. They are expected to make a preliminary report within weeks. Federal investigators have been collecting information about the truck and talking with the company and emergency responders in order to understand the sequence of events. The National Transportation Safety Board was on the scene Sunday night. Videos shared on social media showed a number of close calls around the accident, with people driving through the area as flames licked upward from the fire below. The accident also disrupted the automotive route from Canada to Florida through the Boston, New York and Washington metropolitan areas, increasing Americans’ dependence on air travel and on the interstate rail network. Motorists should avoid the northeast corner of the sixth-largest city in the country, transportation officials said. The elevated southbound portion of I-95 will have to be demolished, as well as the northbound side, Carroll said. Interstate 95 will be closed in both directions for weeks as the summer travel season kicks into high gear.
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