PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A driver and their dog were killed and three other people were injured in a multi-car crash in West Philadelphia early Friday morning.
It happened around 4 a.m. at 48th and Walnut streets. Police said the driver of a Dodge Durango was speeding west on Walnut Street and ran a red light, and the SUV slammed into a Chevy Malibu that was going north on 48th Street. The impact sent the Malibu into four parked cars.
The person in the Malibu was killed. Police said the individual had a dog in the car that also died.
Three people in the Dodge Durango sustained minor injuries, including the 25-year-old driver.
One of the parked cars that was hit belongs to Avery Kirk. He heard a loud “boom” and walked outside to find a car on his front steps.
“That’s a far distance from where it was hit and where the car ended up,” he said.
“I was laying there and I thought I heard thundering,” neighbor Cynthia Smith added of the loud crash. “I wasn’t sure. Checked to see if it was raining and it wasn’t.”
Crash investigators are looking through surveillance cameras to get to the bottom of this deadly crash.
Speeding SUV ran red light and hit sedan that slammed into 4 parked cars, police say
Speeding SUV ran red light and hit sedan that slammed into 4 parked cars, police say
