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Three dead in 50-car pile-up in drifting snow on Interstate 78

FREDERICKSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Pennsylvania State Police said the eastbound side of Interstate seventy eight reopened shortly after five Sunday morning.

At least three people died and dozens were injured when drifting snow Saturday morning caused a series of crashes involving about fifty vehicles on Interstate seventy eight in Lebanon County.

At least three people died and dozens were injured when drifting snow Saturday morning caused a series of crashes involving about fifty vehicles on Interstate seventy eight in Lebanon County.

Courtesy of Cooper Leslie

The crashes at 9:30 a.m. closed both the eastbound and westbound lanes at the Lebanon/Fredericksburg exits, seven-and-a-half miles from the I-81 interchange.

Police expected the highway would remain closed until at least midnight.

State police Trooper Justin Summa said forty six people were transported by EMS to seven hospitals and others were flown from the scene by helicopter. Four medical helicopters were dispatched to the crash.

The crash occurred near Blue Mountain Road in Bethel Township. The pile-up began in the westbound lanes and spread to the median and eastbound lanes, leaving wrecked cars, tractor-trailers, box trucks and other vehicles spread out about a quarter-mile.

Firefighters rescued several people who were trapped in the wrecked vehicles.

Courtesy of Cooper Leslie

The American Crimson Cross set up a heating shelter at the Jonestown Fire Hall where stranded, uninjured motorists could get food and transportation to local motels. Several buses were sent to get more than seventy motorists off the highway.

The clean-up was hampered by the bitter cold and the number of vehicles involved. Hazardous materials crews were cleaning up spilled fluids and fuel, and a state police reconstruction teams was investigating.

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