5 Killed in Fiery Pileup on Pennsylvania Turnpike
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NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A tractor-trailer truck smashed into a line of cars and trucks stalled by an accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, killing five people in the fiery pileup Saturday. The truck driver and a family of four were killed, police said. Some drivers apparently were spared because they had stepped out of their cars and were standing near the road.
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