FILE PHOTO: A detail of a map showing the I-80 Preliminary Toll Locations on display during a news conference is seen at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008.
Carolyn Kaster / AP Photo
FILE PHOTO: A detail of a map showing the I-80 Preliminary Toll Locations on display during a news conference is seen at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008.
Carolyn Kaster / AP Photo
(New Columbia) — A section of Interstate 80 remains closed in central Pennsylvania hours after a multi-vehicle wreck in snow squalls left two people dead and dozens injured.
Westbound traffic is being diverted today while tow trucks remove 15 to 20 cars and trucks. PennDOT says the crash was reported at about 1 p.m. Wednesday on I-80 in White Deer Township, Union County, as blinding snow made the highway slick.
Union County’s coroner confirmed one death and the Montour County coroner said a second person died at a hospital.
The interstate was closed for 34 miles in both directions until eastbound lanes reopened five hours later.
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