{"id":599672,"date":"2026-04-22T13:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/599672\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:53:10","slug":"1-injured-after-3-tractor-trailers-collide-in-cumberland-county-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/599672\/","title":{"rendered":"1 injured after 3 tractor-trailers collide in Cumberland County, Pa."},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA crash involving multiple tractor-trailers injured one person and shut down a stretch of Interstate 81 in Cumberland County, according to PennDOT. Video above: WGAL Reporter Gabriel Thomas reports from the crash scene. Three tractor-trailers collided in the northbound lanes in Southampton Township near Exit 29, King Street\/Route 174, around 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Below: Photos from the crash scene.PennDOT said one tractor-trailer was carrying raw chicken, and another one was hauling mail. One person was transported to the hospital, according to officials. The extent of their injuries is unknown. Video below: Crews work to clean up the crash scene. I-81 closure extendedAccording to PennDOT, the wreck left a large debris field scattered across the interstate. All lanes of Interstate 81 northbound are closed. Traffic is being directed off the highway at Exit 24, Fayette Street\/Route 696, in Franklin County. The estimated time of reopening has been extended to 11:15 a.m. Traffic is severely backed up in the area. Expect delays. Stay with WGAL for updates as we learn more. Below: Video from the crash scene. See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it\u2019s safe to do so at https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/upload.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tSOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

A crash involving multiple tractor-trailers injured one person and shut down a stretch of Interstate 81 in Cumberland County, according to PennDOT. <\/p>\n

Video above: WGAL Reporter Gabriel Thomas reports from the crash scene. <\/p>\n

Three tractor-trailers collided in the northbound lanes in Southampton Township near Exit 29, King Street\/Route 174, around 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

Below: Photos from the crash scene.<\/p>\n

PennDOT said one tractor-trailer was carrying raw chicken, and another one was hauling mail. <\/p>\n

One person was transported to the hospital, according to officials. The extent of their injuries is unknown. <\/p>\n

Video below: Crews work to clean up the crash scene. <\/p>\n

I-81 closure extended<\/p>\n

According to PennDOT, the wreck left a large debris field scattered across the interstate. <\/p>\n

All lanes of Interstate 81 northbound are closed. Traffic is being directed off the highway at Exit 24, Fayette Street\/Route 696, in Franklin County. <\/p>\n

The estimated time of reopening has been extended to 11:15 a.m. <\/p>\n

Traffic is severely backed up in the area. Expect delays. <\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTraffic being detoured at Exit 24<\/p>\n

\t\t\"tractor-trailer<\/p>\n

\n\t\tPennDOT\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTractor-trailer crash on I-81<\/p>\n

Stay with WGAL for updates as we learn more. <\/p>\n

Below: Video from the crash scene. <\/p>\n

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See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it\u2019s safe to do so at https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/upload<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A crash involving multiple tractor-trailers injured one person and shut down a stretch of Interstate 81 in Cumberland…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,27274,45645,451,261030,18413,176437,261029,3,53338,15615,261028,15681,261031,452,453,15689,1977,6601,50301],"class_list":["post-599672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-cumberland-county","tag-exit","tag-headlines","tag-i-81-closed","tag-interstate","tag-king-street","tag-mail-collide","tag-news","tag-northbound-lane","tag-penndot","tag-raw-chicken","tag-route","tag-southampton-township","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-tractor-trailer","tag-video","tag-wednesday","tag-wgal-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599672","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=599672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}