Around 12:45pm Saturday, emergency personnel were called to Route 309 in Rush Township for a head on motor vehicle accident.
The Republican Herald is reporting at least 5 people were taken by helicopter to area hospitals and an additional 7 were taken for minor injuries.
One person was entrapped in a vehicle and Tamaqua Area Rescue Squad was able to remove the person.
Route 309 was closed for a period of time while the crash was cleaned up and investigated.
Link to story from Republican Herald
http://republicanherald.com/multiple-people-flown-from-rush-crash-site-1.1825908