CLEARFIELD COUNTY – Multiple vehicle crashes, due to this morning’s winter weather, shut down Interstate 80 in Clearfield County.
I-80 east has since re-opened after being closed for approximately seven hours in Lawrence Township, according to Clearfield-based state police.
Among the crashes was a major pile-up in the area of mile-markers115 and 116 east at 7 a.m., which involved semi-trucks and passenger cars.
Multiple people were entrapped and had to be extricated from their vehicles. Emergency personnel transported multiple patients from the scene with injuries.
More information will be released at a later time.