VIDEO: A truck caught fire in the E-ZPass express lanes of the Mid-County toll plaza in Montgomery County Wednesday morning, causing traffic to back up on the Blue Route.
The tractor-trailer caught fire around 3:20 a.m. in the express lane where the northbound lanes of Interstate 476 meet the Pennsylvania Turnpike. It blocked all lanes as the Pennsylvania Turnpike warned drivers to "be alert for slow or stopped traffic." More than two hours later, the charred truck remained stopped in the northbound express toll lane.
Luckily, no one was hurt in the crash, county dispatchers said.
I-476 northbound traffic was for some time being forced off at Exit 20. However, drivers were once again getting past the tollbooth in at least two lanes shortly before 6 a.m., reported NBC10 First Alert Traffic reporter Matt DeLucia.