{"id":251545,"date":"2026-07-25T00:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T00:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/251545\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T00:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T00:00:14","slug":"511pa-multi-vehicle-crash-shuts-down-section-of-879w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/251545\/","title":{"rendered":"511PA: Multi-vehicle crash shuts down section of 879W"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A multi-vehicle crash shut down Route 879 in Clearfield County on Thursday night, prompting an extended closure and a response that included medical helicopters.<\/p>\n<p>According to 511PA, the crash happened around 10:15 p.m. on Route 879 between Clearfield and Curwensville near its intersection with Carbon Mine Road.<\/p>\n<p>Clearfield County dispatchers could not provide any information on the crash at the time.<\/p>\n<p>511PA and the Rescue Hose &amp; Ladder Company said all lanes of traffic in the westbound lane of the highway will be closed for an extended period, with 511PA estimating the road will reopen around 2 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The Rescue Hose &amp; Ladder Fire Company confirmed medical helicopters were called to the scene and asked the public to avoid the area and keep those impacted in the public\u2019s thoughts and prayers.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Check back with 6 News for updates as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A multi-vehicle crash shut down Route 879 in Clearfield County on Thursday night, prompting an extended closure and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-251545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}