50-Foot Crash Off Bridge Along I-83 Hospitalizes Trucker: PennDOT

A tractor-trailer crash into a guardrail on a bridge has sent one person to the hospital on Thursday, Aug. 1, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice.

The scene of the tractor-trailer crash into a bridge along Interstate 83 in York County.
Photo Credit: *PennDOT/511PA*

Jillian Pikora

08/01/2024 9:36 a.m.

The crash happened on I-83 South at mile marker 9.6 shortly after Exit 10 in Springfield Township in York County around 8:50 a.m., according to PennDOT.

The tractor-trailer " hit the side of the bridge overpass, went through the guiderail, and [traveled] about 50 feet down an embankment," Schreffler said.

The trucker was trapped in his trailer but was able to be rescued and taken to a hospital, Schreffler explained. The extent of his injuries is unknown.

The right lane on I-83 South remained closed in the area until 3 p.m., according to Schreffler.

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