{"id":278219,"date":"2025-11-08T00:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T00:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/278219\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T00:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T00:04:11","slug":"i-70-closed-after-multi-vehicle-crash-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/278219\/","title":{"rendered":"I-70 closed after multi-vehicle crash in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crash closes I-70 in Washington County, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n<p>Coroner called to crash scene in Donegal Township<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWINTER WEATHER IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. YEAH WE HAVE KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING OVER THE COURSE OF THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. THE RAIN SHOWERS THAT ARE OUT THERE NOW, THOSE WILL EXIT WITH RAIN SHOWERS RETURN ON SUNDAY. FLURRIES GET HERE AS WE HEAD INTO MONDAY AND THEN BITTER COLD ON TUESDAY AS WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE TEENS BOTH SUNDAY AND TUESDAY ARE ALSO IMPACT DAYS. THERE WAS THE RAIN THAT\u2019S FALLING ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. SOME HEAVIER POCKETS IN INDIANA. WE\u2019LL ZOOM IN ON THAT IN JUST A SECOND. THERE\u2019S THE BACK EDGE OF THE RAIN NOW. JUST NOW ARRIVING IN THE SOUTH EASTERN PORTIONS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY. THAT SHOULD CLEAR IN ABOUT THE NEXT 30 MINUTES OR SO. SO LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE CITY WILL LIKELY BE DRY BY KICKOFF AT 7:00. BUT AGAIN, HEAVY RAIN THROUGH ALL OF INDIANA COUNTY, ESPECIALLY FROM 422 NORTHWARD. ROUTE 119 NORTH OUT OF INDIANA IS A WET DRIVE, ALSO BACK SOUTHBOUND TOWARDS BLAIRSVILLE. ROUTE 22 THROUGH ALL OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY, SEEING THE POCKETS OF HEAVIER RAIN. SOME HEAVY RAIN AS WELL NEAR BENTLEYVILLE, AS WELL AS ELLSWORTH BACK DOWN TOWARDS AMWELL, SOUTH OF WASHINGTON, ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70 THROUGH WASHINGTON COUNTY. ALSO, POCKET OF LIGHT RAIN NOW FOR BOTH CALIFORNIA, BROWNSVILLE AND NEWELL. ALL THOSE LOCATIONS SEEING SOME LIGHT RAIN. ALSO, THESE SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 58 FOR US TOMORROW, 54 ON SUNDAY. OUR FIRST IMPACT DAY FLURRIES ON MONDAY. NEXT ONE IS TUESDAY, AN IMPACT DAY. WE\u2019LL START AT 26, BUT IT WILL FEEL LIKE WE\u2019RE IN THE TEENS, OUT THE DOOR, AND THEN WE WARM BACK UP AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF NEXT WEEK. 54 ON WEDNESDAY 46, THURSDAY 48 ON FRIDAY. RAIN CHANCES DON\u2019T RETURN UNTIL LATE NEXT SATURDAY. SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE LATE ENOUGH THAT THE PITT GAME NEXT SATURDAY SHOULD GET IN DRY. SO HERE ARE THOSE SHOWERS OUT HERE. NOW ON FUTURECAST. WE\u2019LL START AT 5:00. NOTICE WE\u2019LL SHIFT THE SOUTH AND EAST BY SEVEN NORTH TO THE CITY. SHOULD BE DRY. EVERYBODY ELSE SHOULD BE DRY BY ABOUT 8:00 9:00 LATER ON THIS EVENING. AND THEN WE\u2019LL KEEP CLOUDS AROUND AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR SATURDAY. SO IF YOU ARE HEADING OUT FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TONIGHT, OUR GAME OF THE WEEK AT ELLWOOD CITY WILL BE DRY. IT\u2019S BREEZY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND AGAIN OUTSIDE OF SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY. ALL OF US SHOULD BE DRY BY 7:00 SUNDAY. WE\u2019LL SEE SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. IT WILL BE ON AGAIN. OFF AGAIN. RAIN SHOWERS UNTIL WE GET PAST SUNSET. THEN THOSE RAINDROPS TRANSITION TO SNOWFLAKES AND WE\u2019LL SEE SOME FLURRIES IN THE AIR AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. AND THEN TUESDAY IS BITTERLY COLD. WE\u2019LL BE STAYING IN THE 30S. THESE ARE WIND CHILLS. TUESDAY MORNING. IT\u2019LL FEEL LIKE WE\u2019RE IN THE TEENS ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THAT MEANS YOU\u2019LL MAKE SURE YOU\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Crash closes I-70 in Washington County, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n<p>Coroner called to crash scene in Donegal Township<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762560251_90_wtae.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WTAE logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 6:54 PM EST Nov 7, 2025\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPennsylvania State Police said they are responding to &#8220;a very serious crash&#8221; on Interstate 70 on Friday evening. The multi-vehicle crash is near mile marker 5 in Washington County, between Exit 1 (West Alexander) and Exit 6 (Claysville).Emergency dispatchers said the coroner has been called to the crash scene.&#8221;Please note both east and westbound lanes are closed. Please consider alternate routes and avoid the area,&#8221; police said in a social media post.This is a developing story. Stay with Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 for updates.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tDONEGAL TOWNSHIP, Pa. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania State Police said they are responding to &#8220;a very serious crash&#8221; on Interstate 70 on Friday evening. <\/p>\n<p>The multi-vehicle crash is near mile marker 5 in Washington County, between Exit 1 (West Alexander) and Exit 6 (Claysville).<\/p>\n<p>Emergency dispatchers said the coroner has been called to the crash scene.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please note both east and westbound lanes are closed. Please consider alternate routes and avoid the area,&#8221; police said in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Stay with Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 for updates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/get-pittsburgh-s-action-news-4-on-the-go-wtae\/44045498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download the WTAE app<\/a> to stay connected with breaking news. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for our email newsletters<\/a> to get breaking news in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Twitter.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are handling a very serious crash on interstate 70 near mile marker 5. Please note both east and westbound lanes are closed. Please consider alternate routes and avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Troopers Gagliardi and Barnhart (@PSPTroopBPIO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PSPTroopBPIO\/status\/1986937281848963308?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crash closes I-70 in Washington County, Pennsylvania Coroner called to crash scene in Donegal Township WINTER WEATHER IN&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[15684,14854,4,450,147555,5495,147556,45645,48547,451,133336,18413,15614,67203,45878,3,3234,49105,7383,452,453,9564,147557,147558],"class_list":["post-278219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-action-news","tag-area","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-claysville","tag-direction","tag-donegal-township","tag-exit","tag-friday-evening","tag-headlines","tag-i-70","tag-interstate","tag-interstate-70","tag-mile-marker","tag-multi-vehicle-crash","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-state-police","tag-pittsburgh","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-washington-county","tag-washington-county-crash","tag-west-alexander"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}