1 dead, 5 hurt in multi-vehicle crash on Tacony-Palmyra Bridge

It happened Monday around 6:45 p.m. on the New Jersey side. 

NEW JERSEY - One person is dead and five others are hurt after a multi-vehicle crash on the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge Monday evening.

Investigators say two cars appeared to be speeding towards Philadelphia when one vehicle clipped the other.

SKYFOX flew over the scene Monday night.

The second vehicle crashed head-on into a Honda Civic in the opposite lane. The driver of the Honda was pronounced dead.

According to the Burlington County Bridge Commission, five people were taken to nearby hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.

Commuters were asked to avoid the area and it took nearly eight hours for the bridge to reopen.

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