Crime & Safety
5 Killed In PA Highway Tractor Trailer Crash Wednesday: PennDOT
There are still residual delays Thursday morning from the traffic backlog, officials said.
FRANKLIN COUNTY, PA - A crash on a highway in central Pennsylvania claimed five lives Wednesday night, authorities said.
The crash took place on I-81 in Franklin County near Greene Township just before 9 p.m. after a southbound RV collided with a northbound tractor trailer, a spokesperson for PennDOT confirmed to Patch. The crash scene was cleared around 6:50 a.m. Thursday morning.
There are still residual delays on I-81 from the traffic backlog, the spokesperson said.
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No additional injuries were reported. The identities of the victims were not immediately made available.
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the crash.
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