Overturned vodka truck shuts down Pa. ramp traffic

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Thursday, December 7, 2017
Overturned truck shuts down Woodhaven Rd.
Overturned truck shuts down Woodhaven Rd.: Matt Pellman reports during Action News at 6:30 a.m. on December 7, 2017.

CORNWELLS HEIGHTS, Pa. -- An overturned tractor-trailer carrying bottles of vodka has caused the closure of a busy ramp on the border of Northeast Philadelphia and Bucks County.

The ramp from Woodhaven Road eastbound to I-95 southbound is blocked as the truck remains on its side.

Watch video from Chopper 6 over a crash involving a tractor-trailer hauling vodka on Woodhaven Road on December 7, 2017.

It happened around 4:45 a.m. Thursday in Cornwells Heights.

Boxes of vodka aboard a tractor-trailer that crashed on Woodhaven Road on December 7, 2017.
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Action News is told the truck was carrying boxes of bottles of Tito's Vodka.

Boxes of vodka aboard a tractor-trailer that crashed on Woodhaven Road on December 7, 2017.
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Some boxes fell out of the truck and onto the roadway.

Drivers should take Street Road as an alternative route.

Overturned truck shuts down busy I-95 ramp. Matt Pellman reports during Action News at 5 a.m. on December 7, 2017.