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Flipped Equipment Closes Rt 222 Ramp In South Central PA (
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Equipment rolled off a trailer at an ramp entering Route 222 ramp in Lancaster County on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 29, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation' 511PA traffic cameras. The equipment flipped over at the ramp to Route 222 South from Route 322 in Ephrata Township around 12 p.m., as shown on 511PA. The ramp closure is causing delays on Route 322. Check back here for possible updates.
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Car Carrier Catches Fire On Rt 283 In Central PA (
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A car carrier caught fire on Route 283 on Monday morning, Sept. 30, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The call to fire came into the Dauphin County Department of Public Safety at 8:03 a.m. Fire crews responded to a tractor fire on Route 283 East at the Middletown Road Exit in Dauphin County Monday morning. There was a lane restriction in the area. The tractor of the car carry was hollowed out by the fire, as seen in PennDOT's 511PA traffic cameras. No injuries have been reported at the time of publishing.
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Tractor-Trailer Carrying Lumber Rolls Over On I-81 In Central PA: PennDOT
A tractor-trailer crash closed part of Interstate 81 South in Central Pennsylvania on Sunday night, Sept. 15, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice. The single-vehicle rollover crash happened on I-81 South at Exit 70: I-83 South/US 322 East - Harrisburg. 81 at 9:59 p.m., according to Schreffler and 511PA. A special crew with heavily lifting equipment was called to the scene of the crash as the tractor-trailer had been hauling lumber that spilled onto the highway, Schreffler explained. There was no word on any injuries bu…
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Fiery Fatal Crash Involving Tractor-Trailer, Minivan on US11/15: PennDOT
Multi-vehicle crashes — including a fatal crash — have closed north and southbound lanes on US 11/15/Susquehanna Trail on Wednesday, Aug. 7, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice. The fatal crash involved "a tractor-trailer and a minivan, fire and entrapment," Schreffler said. The crashes happened in Buffalo Township, Perry County, just before 10:30 a.m., according to Schreffler. The fatality was in the minivan, Schreffler said citing Pennsylvania State Police who are on the scene. The roadway was closed betwe…
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Crash On I-81 Near Shippensburg Leads To Delays In Dense Fog: PennDOT
Traffic on Interstate 81 was already moving a bit slow due to the fog when a crash led to an additional slowdown on Thursday morning, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The multiple-vehicle crash happened in the northbound lanes of I-81, approximately .8 miles from Exit 29: PA 174 - King Street, near Shippensburg, according to PennDOT's 511PA. It was reported at 10:06 a.m. on Dec. 28, 511PA shows. The crash involved three vehicles, including a passenger and a commercial vehicle, PennDOT spokesperson David Thompson told Daily Voice. "P…
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Tractor-Trailer Rollover On I-81 In Cumberland County: PennDOT (
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A tractor-trailer crashed on Interstate 81 — rolling over, spilling goods and fuel, and injuring the driver, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice on Wednesday morning. The crash happened around 12:45 a.m. but the road was partially blocked for clean-up efforts until 8: 30 a.m. on Dec. 20, according to Schreffler and PennDOT's 511PA. The tractor-trailer crashed and rolled as it left the roadway on I-81 near Exit 52: Route 11/Harrisburg Pike, in Cumberland County, Schreffler detailed. The driver's injuries were…
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Entrapped Trucker Med'Evaced From Rollover HazMat Incident On US Route 15 (
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A HazMat team and multiple emergency crews have been called to the scene of a crash on US Route 15 on Tuesday morning, according to the York County Department of Emergency Services. The call to a tractor-trailer overturned and spilled an estimated 100 gallons of diesel onto the southbound lanes of Route 15 near Range End Road in Carroll Township, Dillsburg came into dispatch at 9:11 a.m. on Dec. 19, York County Office of Emergency Management Public Information Officer Ted Czech explained to Daily Voice. One person in the truck freed themselves but the other was trapped and needed emer…
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Multi-Vehicle Fires Closed I-81: PennDOT (
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At least two vehicles caught fire on Interstate 81 in Central Pennsylvania on Thursday morning. The incident appears to have started when a tractor-trailer attempted to pull on the right shoulder on I-81 near Exit 37: Newville in Penn Township around 6:15 a.m. on Dec. 14, PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice. As it got into the shoulder it quickly became "engulfed in flames," Schreffler said. Another car in the shoulder in front of the tractor-trailer also became engulfed, but all the drivers were able to get out of the vehicles and be evaluated by…
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Tractor-Trailer Fire On PA Turnpike Caught On Camera (
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A tractor-trailer fire closed part of the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Thursday evening, authorities said. The Fairview Township Fire Department along with mutual aid responded to the "well-involved" fire on Interstate 76 westbound around 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 19. The tractor-trailer burst into flames near the ramp to Interstate 83 by mile marker 241.9, the department explained. You can watch a short video of the fire in the player below: FTFD units along with mutual aid currently on the PA Turnpike with a well involved Tractor Trailer. MM241.9 westbound. Posted by Fairview Township Fire …
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MILES OF
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: Crash Closed All Lanes Of I-81 In Central PA, PennDOT Says
A crash shuttered all lanes of Interstate 81 Northbound in Central Pennsylvania, authorities say. The crash was between exits 48 to PA 74- York Road and 52A to US 11 North-New Kingstown, according to 511PA. The crash happened at 8:14 a.m. on Aug. 25. The roadway repopened around noon. The number of vehicles or people involved is unclear. Check back here for updates.
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I-83 Bridge Reopens After 'Police Incident': PennDOT (
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A "police incident' halted all traffic on Interstate 83 in Central Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Thursday night. The police incident on I-83 North happened in the northbound lane of South Bridge around 9:15 p.m. on Aug. 24, according to PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler. The area closed was from Exit 41B for Lemoyne to Exit 43 for Capitol/2nd Street. All southbound lanes were briefly closed as well but were reopened before 9 p.m., according to 511PA. All lanes reopened at 11:30 p.m., according to Schreffler. The number of vehicles or persons involved…
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HAZMAT: Asphalt Spills On US-15, PennDOT Officials Say (
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A tanker truck carrying bituminous oil, commonly known as asphalt, crashed on US Route 15 on Thursday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The truck blew a tire and veered off US 15 going into the woods — spilling asphalt the entire time, according to PennDOT spokesperson Frizti Schreffler. The crash happened in the northbound lanes near mile marker 19.4 in Tyrone Township around 8 a.m. on Aug. 17, as shown on 511pa. Shortly after that crash, there was a crash (that possibly was due to rubbernecking) in the southbound lanes. It involved t…
Police & Fire
PA Man ID'd In I-81 Motorcycle Crash: Authorities
A 65-year-old motorcyclist has died in a crash on Interstate 81, authorities say. Mark "Doc" Brown of Greencastle was riding a 2020 Harley-Davidson FLHXS Street Glide Specia when he went off the roadway for an unknown reason and struck the guide rail at mile marker 13.5 on I-81 in Guilford Township and the call about motorcyclist came into dispatch at 7:11 p.m. on Sunday, May 21, 2023, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The Franklin County Coroner’s Office was soon called to the scene, according to dispatch. All lanes were closed between Exit 14 at Wayne Avenue and Exit 10 at Mari…
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Fatal Motor Home Crash On I-81 In PA, Authorities Say (
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A deadly crash shuttered part of Interstate 81 on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, authorities say. The multi-vehicle crash happened near mile marker 5 in Antrim Township around 11 a.m., according Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Megan Frazer. The northbound lanes closed at exit 5 to Greencastle and Waynesboro, according to 511PA. Northbound traffic was being detoured off the highway at exit 5, according to Frazer. All lanes reopened around 2:30 p.m., according to PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler. The motor home rear-ended the tractor-trailer while the vehicles were s…
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Rt. 283 In Central Pennsylvania Reopens Following Crash: PennDOT
UPDATE: The crash on Route 283 on Nov. 23 cleared around 10:30 a m., according to PennDOT. No additional information was released. ORIGINAL: A crash has shut down a portion of Route 283 in Lancaster County on Wednesday Nov. 23, according to PennDOT. All lanes heading east have closed between the Exit to Route 722 toward Landisville, and the Exit to Route 741 toward East Petersburg and Millersville, according to PennDOT's 511PA. The crash involved multiple vehicles, but it is if anyone was injured. The nearest traffic camera in the area is only showing the backup not the crash. Fo…
Police & Fire
Cement Truck Rollover Following Minivan Crash Closed All Lanes Of PA Route 581: PennDOT
UPDATE: Route 581 reopened around 2:30 p.m., according to 511PA. ORIGINAL: A cement truck rolled over after a crash involving a minivan on Route 581 west in central Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, authorities say. The multi-vehicle crash happened near the beginning of Route 11 in Lemoyne around 12:40 p.m., according to 511PA. It has closed all lanes of the road starting at US 11 and Exit 5A throughU.S. 11 South/ Pa. 581 west, according to PennDOT. “The truck is flipped over across the two lanes of 581 west, laying on the driver’s side. There is no …
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Hazmat Team Called To 2 Crashes Closing All Lanes Of I-81 In Lebanon County: State Police
UPDATE: Interstate 81 reopened at the Lebanon/Schuylkill County line around 10:30 a.m., according to Lebanon County emergency dispatchers. ORIGINAL: A hazmat team has been called after two crashes shuttered all lanes of Interstate 81 in Lebanon County on Tuesday, September 6, Pennsylvania state authorities say. The crashes happened in the southbound lanes just before 5 a.m., according to a release by the Pennsylvania state police. All southbound lanes have been closed from Exit 100: PA 443 - Pine Grove to Exit: 90 PA 72, according to 511PA. The first crash involved two vehicles and bloc…
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Coroner Called To Crash In Adams County (
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A coroner has been called to the scene of a crash in Adams County on Friday, August 26, 2022, authorities say. The two-vehicle crash happened in the 1100 block of Abbottstown Pike in Berwick Township around 7:30 a.m., according to emergency dispatchers. The road has been closed on Abbottstown Pike/PA Route 194 between Oak Hill Drive and King Street starting around 9 a.m., according to 511pa. The public has been asked to avoid the area and use alternative routes. The number of people killed and anyone hurt remains unclear. Pennsylvania state police have also been called to the scene to in…
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Escaped Pigs On I-81 Cause Delays In Central Pennsylvania: State Police
The cause of serious delays on Interstate 81 in central Pennsylvania has been revealed to be due to three escaped pigs, according to Pennsylvania state police. The wayward swine go loose from a truck heading north along the interstate near Exit 77 (PA 39 Mandala Hill/Hershey) shortly after 7 a.m., on Thursday, August 18, police say. The rear gate of the hauler came open allowing the pigs the escape, but the driver was able to pull over to a rest area before additional pigs hopped off, according to a release by the police. "Unfortunately due to injuries and safety concerns, the pigs had to …
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2 Multi-Vehicle Crashes On US 11 Shutter All Lanes By I-81, US 22/322: PennDOT
Two multi-vehicle crashes have closed all lanes of traffic on two stretches of US 11 in central Pennsylvania on Tuesday, August 9, authorities say. The first crash happened on US 11 Northbound between Exit: I-81 NORTH - HARRISBURG and Exit: US 22/322 WEST around 12:42 p.m., according to PennDOT's 511pa. The first crash cleared Incident cleared at 1:39 p.m., according to 511pa. There are residual delays. The second crash happened on US 11 southbound between Exit: US 22/322 WEST and Exit: I-81 NORTH - HARRISBURG at 12:43 p.m., according to the department. 11/15 North at 850 is close…
Police & Fire
Crash Closes Portion Of Route 22 In Lehigh County
A multi-vehicle crash closed a portion of Route 22 in Lehigh County on Thursday, May 19, officials said. All eastbound lanes were closed after the crash sometime around 5:45 p.m., 511PA said on Twitter. UPDATE: Multi vehicle crash on US 22 eastbound between PA 309 South and PA 229/Cedar Crest Blvd. All lanes closed. — 511PA Allentown (@511PAAllentown) May 19, 2022 The crash scene was cleared just before 8 p.m., 511 PA tweeted. CLEARED: Multi vehicle crash on US 22 eastbound between PA 309 South and PA 229/Cedar Crest Blvd. — 511PA Allentown (@511PAAllentown) May 19, 2022 The circ…
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Tractor-Trailer Crash Causes Traffic Delays On I-78 In Lehigh Valley: PD
A tractor-trailer rollover crash caused traffic delays Tuesday afternoon on I-78 in the Lehigh Valley, authorities said. The wreck was reported around 12:40 p.m. on I-78 eastbound at mile marker 61 in Upper Saucon Township, PA State Police Trooper Nathan Branosky said on Twitter. Troopers are responding to a vehicle roll over on I-78 EB at Mile Marker 61, U. Saucon Twp., Lehigh Co. Traffic is able to get by the crash, expect delays. @wfmztraffic @lehighvalley @mcall @LehighAlerts pic.twitter.com/ONkmm9Gbiq — Trooper Branosky (@PSPTroopMPIO) April 26, 2022 It was not immediately clear …
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Tractor-Trailer Crash Backs Up Traffic For Miles Along I-81 In Central PA
A tractor-trailer crash has caused a major backup along Interstate 81 in central Pennsylvania, authorities say. I-81 southbound came to a standstill between Exit 90/Route 72 toward Lebanon and Exit 85 to Annville/Fort Indiantown Gap, according to 511PA. The crash involving a tractor-trailer happened around 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Apr. 18, according to state police. Additional details about the crash were not released.
Police & Fire
Dirt Biker Killed In Crash During Police Pursuit In Central PA
One person has died in a crash during a chase in central Pennsylvania, authorities say. Attempted to pull over a dirt bike without a license plate on Gettysburg Road around 9:15 a.m.Wednesday, Apr. 6, according to Lower Allen Township police. The dirt bike wove through traffic during a police pursuit but slammed into a pickup truck, police say. All lanes on Lower Allen Drive southbound between Gettysburg Road and Exit: US 15 South were closed following the crash just before 10 a.m. to 511PA. The coroner was called to the scene, according to emergency dispatchers. The driver of a dirt bik…
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