43K Pounds Of Alcohol Spills Onto I-81 Near Mechanicsburg: PennDOT

An overturned tractor-trailer led to approximately 43,000 pounds of alcohol being spilled and traffic being diverted along Interstate 81, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice on Tuesday.

The scene of the crash (top) and the diverted traffic near the rollover crash on Interstate 81 (bottom).
Photo Credit: *511PA/PennDOT*

Jillian Pikora

01/16/2024 4:22 p.m.

The tractor-trailer overturned — spilling "43,00 pounds of various kinds of alcohol" — on I-81 south just before Exit 52: Middlesex, according to Schreffler.

The crash happened around 3:15 p.m. on Jan. 16, 2024, she explained.

No injuries were reported.

Traffic was diverted at Exit 57: Mechanicsburg/Route 114 and then back on at Exit 52, but the roadway reopened at 6:30 p.m., Schreffler concluded.

This is the second tractor-trailer crash on I-81 in Central PA that Daily Voice has reported on in five hours. Click here to read about the crash that slowed traffic to a crawl earlier in the afternoon in the Capital.

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