SKIPPACK TOWNSHIP ACCIDENT

Flipped trailer carrying backhoe blocks Skippack Pike during Monday afternoon rush hour

The incident occurred around 3:45 p.m.

Photo by James Short.

The incident occurred around 3:45 p.m.

  • Public Safety

A trailer hauling a backhoe has flipped onto its side, blocking traffic from accessing Skippack Pike/Route 73 at Bridge Road/113 in Skippack Township Monday afternoon.

The incident occurred at the intersection around 3:45 p.m.

Large hauler trucks are on scene attempting to upright the trailer, per reports.

Traffic heading on Route 73 in the direction of SCI Phoenix are forced to turn at Bridge Road.

Harleysville Fire Co. is on scene, as well as Harleysville Fire Police and Skippack Fire Police.


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Tony Di Domizio

Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at [email protected]. Tony graduated from Kutztown University and went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. He was born and raised in and around Lansdale and attended North Penn High School. Lansdale born. St. Patrick's Day, 1980.