{"id":88694,"date":"2026-01-16T17:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/88694\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T17:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:43:07","slug":"man-dies-in-multi-car-crash-on-pennsylvania-highway-due-to-whiteout-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/88694\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies in multi-car crash on Pennsylvania highway due to whiteout conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MERCER COUNTY, Pa. \u2013\u00a0A man was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 79 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the Pennsylvania State Police, the accident occurred at approximately 11:45 am on I-79 south at the 121-mile marker. <\/p>\n<p>Whiteout conditions were present with snow on the road.<\/p>\n<p>A semi-trailer was stopped in the right lane due to stopped traffic in front of it when another semi struck the rear of it. <\/p>\n<p>The second semi-trailer came to a stop in the left lane when a third vehicle hit the rear end of it.<\/p>\n<p>The two semis sustained moderate damage, while the third vehicle sustained major damage to the front end and driver\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the third vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Mercer County Coroner\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.79964851;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38201724\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/122-jackson-township-according-release-119030759.jpg\" alt=\"Snow-covered highway with vehicles stopped due to a multi-vehicle crash, with trees in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-38201724\"  \/>A man was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 79 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, on Thursday.\u00a0 21 WFMJ<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.79964851;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38201728\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/122-jackson-township-according-release-119030758.jpg\" alt=\"Snow-covered road sign for I-79 North with an arrow pointing right.\" class=\"wp-image-38201728\"  \/>The two semis sustained moderate damage, while the third vehicle sustained major damage to the front end and driver\u2019s side. 21 WFMJ<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the second semi-trailer was transported to a local hospital for unknown injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The crash closed the roadway for approximately 4 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service reminds drivers to \u201ctake it slow when driving in snow. 70% of injuries related to ice and snow occur in automobiles.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MERCER COUNTY, Pa. \u2013\u00a0A man was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 79 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[33588,28,30,29,302],"class_list":{"0":"post-88694","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-deaths","9":"tag-pennsylvania","10":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","11":"tag-pennsylvania-news","12":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88694","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=88694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}