The pickup truck sustained front-end damage, but the 70-year-old man was conscious and talking when he was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition, Small said. The 22-year-old was taken to the same hospital and listed in critical condition.
The stretch of Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia, which runs through residential neighborhoods, is considered one of the most dangerous roads in America, both for drivers and pedestrians.
A recent report by Philadelphia’s Roosevelt Boulevard Route for Change Program, which studied crashes from 2013 to 2017, characterized the road as messy, confusing and tailor-made for crashes.