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August 11, 4:30PM – About twenty minutes ago, this Phillyist heard a loud crash in her Old City office and noticed a Philly Trolley Works trolley seemed to be stopped at an odd angle just past the southeast corner of Third and Market, near Pizzicato restaurant. We're not sure of the details, but it seems that the trolley hit a Ryder moving van near the Ben Franklin Post Office between Third and Fourth Streets, then turned across the intersection and slammed into a construction van at Market and South Bodine Streets. It's not clear if there were passengers on the bus at the time of the accident. Details are very sketchy at this time (mostly he-said, she-said), but the driver apparently suffered a heart attack or stroke. At least one person (the driver, most likely) was seen on a gurney, being loaded onto an ambulance. We'll post more details as we get them.