A 65-year-old man died after his car veered off the road and overturned into a creek in a Philadelphia neighborhood where residents say crashes happen regularly.
The collision occurred around 4 p.m. local time on Sunday, Nov. 30, in the Chestnut Hill area of Philadelphia, according to a news release from the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD).
Police said the man was driving a 2005 silver BMW along Cresheim Valley Drive when he “lost control of the vehicle, struck a downed guard rail, and flipped upside down into the creek.”
The driver — later identified by police as Henry Ngo, according to ABC affiliate WPVI — was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he died later that evening.
Neighbors say the stretch of road has long been dangerous. Karen Feisullin, who lives near the crash site, told NBC affiliate WCAU that the area “is known for people driving too fast and a lot of accidents.”
“There’s accidents here at least once a weekend,” she said, adding, “Everybody speeds on it — it’s a 25 mph zone, and we just saw somebody almost lose it again.”
Records from Pennsylvania’s Department of Transportation show there have been 41 crashes in the same area between 2015 and 2024, according to WCAU.
An investigation into Sunday’s crash is still underway.
A spokesperson for the Philadelphia Streets Department addressed the incident in a statement released on Monday, Dec. 1, according to WCAU.
“We are aware of the recent crash on Cresheim Valley Road,” the statement said. “The Streets Department’s top priority is public safety. As part of that commitment to public safety, we are conducting a thorough assessment of the guardrail on Cresheim Valley Road.”
