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