1 Hospitalized After Two Tractor-Trailers Collided On I-81 In Lebanon: PennDOT (Photos)

Two tractor-trailers collided on Interstate 81 sending one person to the hospital, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice.

The scene of the tractor-trailer collision in Lebanon on I-81.
Photo Credit: *Bunker Hill Fire Company*

The scene of the crash on I-81.
Photo Credit: *Bunker Hill Fire Company*

The trailer of one of the tractor-trailers involved in the crash going off I-81.
Photo Credit: *Bunker Hill Fire Company*

Emergency Crews at the scene of the tractor-trailer crash on I-81 in Lebanon.
Photo Credit: *Bunker Hill Fire Company*

Jillian Pikora

08/01/2024 10:48 a.m.

The crash happened on I-81 South at mile marker 93 in Swatara Township shortly after 4 a.m. on Thursday, August 1, as detailed by Schreffler.

There was "heavy entrapment" and one of the tractor-trailers rolled over, Schreffler explained. One driver was taken to Hershey Medical Center. The extent of their injuries is unknown.

"One of the tractor-trailers was carrying peat moss and the trailer broke open and the peat moss is covering the roadway," Schreffler said.

The interstate has closed between Exit 100: PA 443 - Pine Grove and Exit 90: PA 72 - Lebanon, according to Schreffler and 511PA. But crews were able to clear the shoulder to release two miles of traffic that had been stuck behind the crash.

"The roadway will remain closed for likely the whole morning," Schreffler, but at 11:20 a.m. she reached out to announce the roadway had fully reopened.

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