Crash involving tractor-trailer shuts down part of I-78 in Upper Saucon, traffic backed up | Southern Lehigh County

UPPER SAUCON TWP., Pa. – A stretch of I-78 eastbound in Lehigh County is closed after a crash involving a tractor-trailer Thursday morning.

All lanes are closed between the Quakertown and Hellertown/Bethlehem exits.

County dispatchers say the crash happened just before 4:30 a.m. in Upper Saucon Township.

No word on if anybody was injured, or what led up to the crash.

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Traffic is backed up just past the MacArthur Road exit all the way towards Lehigh Street.

The road is expected to be closed for an extended period of time.

People are advised to give themselves time and head out early for their morning commute.

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