An enormous pileup on a snowy stretch of Pennsylvania freeway Monday left a minimum of three individuals lifeless and nearly resembled one thing out of a struggle — with explosions, flames and drivers standing on the highway fleeing extra skidding automobiles, in line with stories.
Black clouds of smoke and the sound of explosions stuffed the sky after the large, lethal crash involving a minimum of two dozen automobiles, together with greater than 5 vehicles, on the agricultural part of Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County round 11 a.m.
At the very least three individuals died within the pile-up, in line with native WKOK radio.
The horrific scene unfolded amid a harmful mixture of snow and fog that left drivers with nearly no visibility, and the crash closed down all lanes between three exits of the freeway, the Pennsylvania Division of Transportation mentioned on Twitter.
Video confirmed individuals getting out of their automobiles after crashing and having to run away from automobiles barreling towards them.
“That is ridiculous. … It’s snow and fog combined collectively, and it made the visibility right down to zero,” mentioned Mike Moye, who was driving on the freeway and went reside on Fb on the scene after he was concerned in a crash. “S–t’s on fireplace. … I must get the f–king off the highway. Rattling, that is loopy.”
His automobile is seen rolling away as he takes within the injury from the crash.
Oncoming visitors doesn’t cease amid the mayhem, and a driver was nearly hit by one other automobile after getting out of his personal broken automobile, in line with the video.
Moye’s footage additionally exhibits an aged individual with a cane standing on the facet of the highway within the blizzard.
The footage included a minimum of one truck that gave the impression to be carrying oil or gas on fireplace, too.
It's unclear how the crash started. Pictures of first responders on the scene have been posted on social media.
Hearth crews have been nonetheless working to place out the blaze brought on by the pile-up as of two:30 p.m. Monday, in line with native information outlet Skook Information, which additionally mentioned the county coroner had been referred to as to the scene.
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