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One dead in tractor-trailer crash, section of Interstate now reopen

By Bill Shannon,

2 days ago

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A multi-vehicle crash and tractor-trailer fire left a man dead and a section of I-80 closed for several hours Wednesday morning.

Jefferson County Coroner Brenda Shumaker confirmed that a 30-year-old male was killed in the Wednesday morning crash where a tractor-trailer caught fire on I-80.

According to 511PA, I-80 westbound was closed between Exit 97: US 219 and Exit 81: PA 28 for several hours as crew worked to clean up the accident.

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Video posted to social media shows multiple tractor-trailers were involved with one of them being engulfed by flames.

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