Nathan Moody was an Army veteran and a proud father.
The Philadelphia-area man died Sunday when the tanker truck he was driving went out of control and crashed on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office publicly identified Moody Tuesday night following an autopsy.
The medical examiner also ruled Moody’s death an accident. The victim’s identity was released late Tuesday following an autopsy.
The medical examiner attributed Moody’s death to “blunt trauma of the head, inhalation and thermal injuries.” The truck driver’s remains, found in the truck wreckage, were identified through dental records.
Authorities had not identified the trucking company he worked for as of Tuesday night, but a cousin of Moody earlier had told media outlets Moody worked in South Jersey for TK Transport of Pennsauken.
The medical examiner’s office declined to identify the victim’s home address or age, saying it is not required for a Pennsylvania death certificate.
However, relatives have said that Moody was 53, lived in the Philadelphia area, was father of three children, an Army veteran who drove trucks in the military and an experienced, safety-minded truck driver who worked the overnight shift and drove the same route every Sunday morning to deliver gas.
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What caused the truck explosion on I-95?
Pennsylvania State Police have said the truck was on an exit ramp negotiating a turn under the overpass when it went out of control, hit a support wall, turned over, and burst into flames from its cargo of 8,500 gallons of gasoline. The steel on the underside of the roadway buckled from heat before it collapsed.
Because the overpass collapse buried the truck, roadway debris had to be removed before the truck could be accessed. Investigators were unable to reach the vehicle’s charred and mangled remains until Monday.
Repairs are expected to take months. The adjacent southbound lanes are also closed and will need repair because they warped but did not fall.
I-95 is one of the most heavily traveled interstates in the U.S. and the main north-south highway on the East Coast, carrying an average two-way total of 300,000 cars per day.
TK Transport is located at 228 Derousse Ave. in the Delair section of Pennsauken. The trucking company is a subsidiary of Penn Tank Lines of Chester Springs, Pa., and specializes in fuel delivery with its tanker fleet.
Paul Kauffman, TK Transport president, declined comment Tuesday about Moody or the accident.
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