UPDATE: A SNOW SQUALL WARNING was issued for Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania as well as Camden and Gloucester counties in New Jersey until 4:15 p.m.
A collision involving as many as 40 vehicles closed a portion of Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania and sent more than a dozen people to area hospitals.
Video posted on social media shows several trucks and a number of smaller vehicles were struck. The crash occurred in the northbound lanes of I-81 in Schuylkill County near the Minersville exit around 10:30 a.m. Monday.of “numerous brief heavy snow squalls with very poor visibility." A collision involving as many as 40 vehicles closed a portion of Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania and sent more than a dozen people to area hospitals on Monday, according to the Schuylkill County Office of Emergency Management.
The crash in northeast Pennsylvania happened around 10:30 a.m. and John Blickley, the deputy emergency management coordinator for the agency, said officials believe a snow squall clouded visibility and likely contributed to the accident. About 40 vehicles including multiple tractor trailers were involved in the initial crash, he said.
No fatalities had been reported to the Schuylkill County agency, but Blickley said emergency personnel from four different counties responded and took about 20 patients to area hospitals for treatment.
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