LANCASTER COUNTY. I’M MEREDITH JORGENSEN WGAL NEWS EIGHT. BREAKING NEWS. THE YORK COUNTY CORONER SAYS A MAN DIED AFTER A MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH THIS MORNING ON INTERSTATE 83. A TRACTOR TRAILER AND AN SUV COLLIDED AROUND 449 IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES NEAR THE PENNSYLVANIA WELCOME CENTER IN SHREWSBURY TOWNSHIP. THE CORONER SAYS THE VICTIM WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL
Person dies after I-83 crash involving tractor-trailer in York County, coroner says
Updated: 12:20 PM EST Feb 4, 2026
We now know one person is dead after a crash involving a tractor-trailer on Interstate 83 in York County, according to the coroner’s office. A tractor-trailer and an SUV collided in the southbound lanes near the PA Welcome Center in Shrewsbury Township at 4:49 a.m. Wednesday. The scene is near the Windy Hill Road overpass. PennDOT said a medical helicopter was called and airlifted one person from the SUV to the hospital.According to the coroner, a male was pronounced dead at York Hospital. His identity has not yet been released. A stretch of Interstate 83 was closed in both directions between Exit 4, Route 851/Stewartstown, and the Maryland state line. Traffic was at a standstill for several hours.The interstate has since reopened. The incident remains under investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police. Stay with WGAL for updates as we learn more. See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.
SHREWSBURY TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
We now know one person is dead after a crash involving a tractor-trailer on Interstate 83 in York County, according to the coroner’s office.
A tractor-trailer and an SUV collided in the southbound lanes near the PA Welcome Center in Shrewsbury Township at 4:49 a.m. Wednesday. The scene is near the Windy Hill Road overpass.
PennDOT said a medical helicopter was called and airlifted one person from the SUV to the hospital.
According to the coroner, a male was pronounced dead at York Hospital. His identity has not yet been released.
A stretch of Interstate 83 was closed in both directions between Exit 4, Route 851/Stewartstown, and the Maryland state line. Traffic was at a standstill for several hours.
The interstate has since reopened.
The incident remains under investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police.
PennDOT
Deadly crash on I-83 southbound
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