Bottles of vodka cause big delays on major highway

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Thursday, December 7, 2017
Overturned truck shuts down Woodhaven Rd.
Overturned truck shuts down Woodhaven Rd.: Matt Pellman reports during Action News at 6:30 a.m. on December 7, 2017.

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania -- An overturned tractor-trailer carrying bottles of vodka caused the closure of a busy ramp to I-95 in northeast Philadelphia.

The ramp remained closed for hours while crews worked to clear the scene.

The truck was carrying boxes of bottles of Tito's Vodka.

It tipped onto its side just before 5 a.m. Thursday.

Boxes of vodka aboard a tractor-trailer that crashed on Woodhaven Road on December 7, 2017.
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Some boxes fell out of the truck and onto the roadway.

Boxes of vodka aboard a tractor-trailer that crashed on Woodhaven Road on December 7, 2017.
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It's not clear what caused the 18-wheeler to tip.

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