5 Hospitalized In Rt 15 Crash With Tractor-Trailer: PennDOT (Update)

Five people are in the hospital following a multi-vehicle crash on US Route 15 North on Monday, July 22, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler said.

The scene multiple-vehicle crash that sent five people to the hospital on Route 15.
Photo Credit: *511PA/PennDOT*

Jillian Pikora

07/22/2024 7:43 p.m.

The crash temporarily shuttered US Rt 15 between Exit: PA Route 2047 Lower Allen Drive to Exit: PA 581 East/ To I-83 - Harrisburg/Hershey beginning around 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Schreffler detailed.

The crash involved multiple passenger vehicles, including a UPS truck, and a tractor-trailer towing flour — which overturned spilling fuel, according to Schreffler.

There is "no word on conditions or which vehicles [the injured] were in," Schreffler said.

The roadway reopened shortly after midnight after PennDOT crews poured sand and cleaned up the spilled fuel and debris, Schreffler explained.

Rubbernecking appears to have caused another multi-vehicle crash on US Rt 15 South causing lane restrictions on the same stretch of road. Details about that crash were not immediately available.

Lower Allen Township police are investigating these crashes.

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