Thursday, November 1, 2018

Interstate Reopens; One Flown Over Crash on Interstate 81 Thursday Morning

One person was flown after a crash on Interstate 81 Thursday morning.


Just before 6:00am, emergency personnel were dispatched to the southbound lanes of Interstate 81 near Milemarker 104.9, just north of the Ravine Exit, for a mult-vehicle crash.

The specifics on the crash were not available at the time of the posting, but the crash involved a Jeep rear-ending a tractor trailer.

The driver of the Jeep became heavily entrapped and it took fire crews nearly an hour to extricate the victim.

The victim was transported to a waiting helicopter at the Hampton Inn at Pine Grove exit and was flown with unknown injuries.

Interstate 81 was closed for almost 2 hours while the scene was cleared and reopened around 8:45am.

More information when it is available.