OUTSIDE A HOSPITAL WHERE

SURVIVORS WERE TAKEN.

YOU SPOKE TO A FAMILY WAITING

FOR WORD ON ONE OF THE

PASSENGERS INSIDE THE VAN.

>> Reporter: THE FAMILY IN

PHILADELPHIA SAYS THEIR LOVED

ONE LEFT THIS CITY FOR A LONG

RIDE OUT TO A NIGHTSHIFT AT THE

POTATO CHIP FACTORY THEN THEY

SAW THOSE IMAGES ON TV OF THE

VAN CRUSHED AND NOW THEY'RE ONE

OF SEVERAL FAMILIES GRIEVING

TONIGHT.

ROUTE 1 IN NEWGARDEN CHESTER

COUNTY SHUT DOWN FOR THE EVENING

COMMUTE AS CREWS BROUGHT IN A

CRANE TO UPRIGHT A VAN THAT LOST

CONTROL AND CRASHED OFF THE SIDE

OF THE HIGHWAY LANDING ON ITS

ROOF.

THERE WERE PEOPLE EJECTED AND

TRAPPED.

THREE KILLED AND EIGHT OTHERS

HURT.

>> THIS IS CRAZY.

>> Reporter: YOU CAN SEE THE

WINDOWS ARE GONE.

THE ROOF CAVED IN.

EVEN SMALL TREE LIMBS INSIDE.

JESSICA ROYAL SPOKE TO US ON

VIDEO MESSENGER.

SHE'D BEEN TRYING TO CALL

HOSPITALS TO LOCATE HER BROTHER

WHO WAS ON THE VAN.

>> FIND OUT IF HE'S OKAY.

ALL WE KNOW IS HE WAS IN AN

ACCIDENT AND HE WAS ON HIS WAY

TO WORK IN THAT VAN.

>> Reporter: LATER AFTER WE

SPOKE, WE FOUND OUT HE DID NOT

SURVIVE.

HIS FRIEND, CLIFFORD WHITE,

WORKED WITH HIM AT A TEMP AGENCY

THAT DROVE THEM FROM

PHILADELPHIA TO NOTTINGHAM IN

CHESTER COUNTY FOR WORK AT THE

HERRS SNACK COMPANY.

>> I USED TO BE ON THAT VAN.

I COULD HAVE BEEN ON THAT VAN.

>> Reporter: STATE POLICE ARE

INVESTIGATING AND HAVE NOT

RELEASED DETAILS OWEN WHAT MAY

HAVE CAUSED THE CRASH.

WHITE SPOKE ABOUT ISSUES WITH

THE VAN IN THE PAST.

>> SWERVE OFF THE HIGHWAY AND

BACK ON THE HIGHWAY.

NO APPARENT REASON.

>> Reporter: THAT FRIEND AND

FAMILY NOW ASKING FOR TIME AND

SPACE TO GRIEVE.

I DID REACH OUT TO THE HERRS

COMPANY.

A SPOKESPERSON DID NOT HAVE

DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED BUT

DID SAY THEY BELIEVE THE WORKERS

ON THE VAN WERE PART OF A TEMP

SERVICE THE COMPANY HAD USED.

LIVE AT CHRISTIANA HOSPITAL,

DEGREE SMITH, NBC