One dead, several injured following multi-vehicle crash on Roosevelt Boulevard

One person is dead and several other people are hurt after a multi-vehicle crash on Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia overnight, police said.

According to Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small, around 3:30 a.m. on Friday, January 30, 2026, officers received multiple 911 calls about a multi-vehicle accident on the Roosevelt Boulevard under the Broad Street overpass.

Small said when police and medics arrived, they found a 56-year-old man in the southbound lane on Roosevelt Boulevard who was hit by a vehicle. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

It appears that the man was out of his vehicle — which was left in the northbound lanes — when he was struck by a vehicle in the southbound lanes, according to Small. Investigators believe that when he exited his car, he climbed over the three-foot barrier, and when he was in the southbound lanes, he was hit.

There were four vehicles that also crashed, but in the northbound lanes. Small said three people were hurt and a total of five vehicles were involved.

Small said the driver who hit the 56-year-old man remained at the scene.

A portion of the boulevard is still closed as police investigate.