A 33-year-old woman died after a piece of metal debris hit her car traveling on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia, troopers said this week.
Caramia Panichelli was driving southbound Monday in a Subaru Impreza when a large piece of debris hit her car, piercing the driver-side windshield, Pennsylvania State Police said. Panichelli did not survive her injuries.
It is unclear where the metal debris came from, and police ask any witnesses to come forward.
Panichelli was near Columbus Boulevard, close to mile marker 20, when her vehicle was struck, police said.
The accident occurred a day after part of northbound I-95 collapsed Sunday when a tanker truck caught fire.
The interstate is the main roadway between the East Coast’s two largest cities, New York and Philadelphia, and it is likely to be obstructed with repairs for months.
Monday's accident appears to have occurred several miles from the site of the collapsed roadway.
