2 Die After Truck Flips Over Divider

A tank truck loaded with 8,700 gallons of gasoline flipped over a freeway’s median divider and exploded in flames near Chester, killing two people and closing a section of Interstate 95, the Northeast Corridor’s major highway, to holiday weekend traffic. Part of the highway was expected to remain closed for weeks or months because of fire damage, state highway officials said. The truck landed upside-down in the southbound lanes right in front of an oncoming pickup. Its cargo of gasoline burst into flames. The drivers of the tank truck and the pickup were killed. The tank truck also clipped the front of a tour bus occupied only by the driver. The bus driver was treated and released.